I'm not sure if there were any camera improvements moving to LiquidSmooth's 4.0.4, but I took this one this morning. Stock camera app, no adjustments to settings, no flash, ambient room light only.

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IMO, i think the camera improved coming from 4.0.3 to 4.0.4. it MAY just be plecebo effect but i think it has gotten slightly better.
there is a thread over at android central on this but it kinda blew up (partially my fault for defending the camera being labeled as crappy by another user) and i took a shot as close as i could to one i took on 4.0.3.
here are the results:

4.0.3 ROM


4.0.4 ROM, IMO, this is a slight improvement over the 4.0.3 photo, not to mention, on my pc, the colors look more accurate on the 4.0.4 photo.


also, i dont get motion blur really on moving objects. here is a pic i took when i first got my phone...pretty sure i was on stock 4.0.2 here.

 

yeah i get that too with pets. so maybe it is the distance....the lighting in the whale shot was horrendous IIRC. but for the most part, i get some pretty solid shots, and i believe 4.0.4 brought on a slight camera improvement.

 

I see blur with any indoor motion shots. In bright light its not a problem. I don't know if a 3rd party camera app might help. Seems like the stock camera tries to compensate for low light with a really long exposure which creates the blur.

 

can't you adjust the exposure on the stock camera?

maybe messing around with that a bit would yield better results

 

I would LOVE a camera app that gives you 100% control over shutter, f stop and ISO.

 

There is an exposure setting (-3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3), but my photography skills and knowledge are below beginner...

 

I'm not sure if it's a CUSTOM ROM improvement or a 4.0.4 improvement, but I read somewhere on the forum that now when you press the camera button it will do a quick auto-focus (similar to what tapping the screen does).

 

The problem with using the exposure compensation is it seems to just increase the ISO which quickly introduces noise in a sensor this small. I posted tips a little while ago to really try to use that sparingly.

 

Camera zoom fx is a pretty cool app that will help with motion blur. It's more of a focus issue than a shutter issue.

 

I disagree on it being a focus issue. Indoors my photos are in focus, but if someone in the frame is moving or moving an arm, the moving object is blurred. In bright lights, such as out in the sun, moving objects are both in focus and 'frozen in time'. No blur.

 

Agreed. "Motion blur" is a shutter issue. Blurriness in general is a focus issue.