Brightness Control with 12MP on S24 Ultra

[EWS91]

Greetings.

While shooting Father's Day photos with the default 12MP on S24 Ultra, I tapped on the subject I wanted most focused and was.surprised when, instead of the usual cicular symbol, a square appeared and there was no way to.manually adjust brightness like we used to. Upon checking with the 50MP and 200MP, the circular cursor/symbol remains along with brightness adjustment. Anyone else run into this? If so, can someone please explain. Thank you in advance. 

Note: First time encountering this. Used to be that the 12MP had the circular cursor and brightness adjustment when you tap.to focus. Only thing I can think of is this change took place after the latest update.

[jamesrred]

The square icon means the Tracking Autofocus is in use. Disable it in the camera settings if you don't want it.

[EWS91]

Thank you - removed the Tracking AF and the circle control is back!

[dulber]

You did get what you wanted the face focus lock and track. The circle AE+AF with an option to decrease or increase exposure on auto is the default. Tap AND hold until it turns yellow to indicate a lock. I think it locks DoF, too.

[EWS91]

Thank you - the tap AND HOLD did it. When I adjust the brightness either up or down, is it locked when the circle is yellow? Coz it used to be, we had to manually lock it with the lock icon.

[dulber]

The lock icon will change too after the color goes to yellow. I can't remember if there's a need to re-tap it though to lock.

[EWS91]

Thank you once again 🙂.