Tilt series controller settings


Rules

Tilt angle specification
Tilt to
Always positive!
End at
Always negative!
Run Series in two directions
Always selected, set pre-tilt for lamellae.
Delay time after tilting
3 seconds for now, might change in th future.
Use dose-symmetric scheme
Always selected.
Dose-symmetric Setup
Scroll down this page.
Size, Image Shift and recentering Specifications
Limit Image shift to
15 um at start, dont change!
Nothing else selected.

Beam Intensity or Exposure Control
Keep beam intensity constant
Always on.
Nothing else selected.
Camera and Acquisition Parameters
EF-CCD
Selected.
Nothing else selected.
Autofocus Control
Defocus target
Set for each position untill we have an automated solution from David.
Beam Tilt
4 mrad, 10 mrad for VPP Tomo.
Iteration threshold
0.1 um for high-resolution subtomo, something else for other Tomo: how much focus spread through a tiltseries is ok?
Do autofocus at least every x degrees
0.1 um for high-resolution subtomo (autofocus each tilt), something else for other Tomo: how much focus spread through a tiltseries is ok?
Stop if autofocus change exceeds
10 um seems legit....
Initial and Final Actions
Nothing selected!

Tracking Control Parameters
Wait for drift to settle
Not needed anymore on K3 and we use a 3 sec wait after tilt time allready.
Get tracking image when error in X/Y prediction is > X % of image size
0 % for high-resolution subtomo (track each tilt), something else (the default 5%?) for other Tomo: how much image shift between tilts through a tiltseries is ok?
Track
Before
Align only with tracking images, not Record images
Do never select this!
Align with Preview befor getting new track reference
??????? don't know.
Get new track reference if record alignment differs by > X %
??????? don't know.

Normal settings




Conservative settings



Dose symmetric settings

These can be played with, if needed.