Acquiring An Image - Zeiss SIGMA Series Instruction Manual

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5.4 Acquiring an Image

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Mobile phones in the microscope room can cause image quality infringements and in worst
case workflow interruptions.
This section describes basic procedures to obtain an image using the SE detector. To simplify the
procedure, the description uses the SEM Controls panel and status bar functions in the SmartSEM
software.
The procedure consists of the following steps:
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Starts Auto Focus fine
Starts Auto Focus coarse
Switches SEM Controls Panel ON
Switches SEM Status Panel ON
Switches to Annotation and inserts Point to Point Marker
Enable/Disable the Movable Crosshairs Marker
Enable/Disable Mouse Following for Movable Crosshairs Marker
Calls the Import TIFF dialog
Performs the Print Image function
Calls the Export TIFF dialog to save the image
Performs Auto Astigmatism Correction
Performs Auto Astigmatism Correction with Auto Focus
Calls Text Annotation
Displays the Vacuum status information
Faster Scan
Slower Scan
Refer to Use of ARROW Keys
Refer to Image Buffer
Performs Centre Point function
Preparing the Specimen Holder [
Loading the Specimen Chamber [
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Locating the Specimen [
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Switching on the Gun [ 90]
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Switching on the EHT [ 90]
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