[3dem] Re: 3dem Digest, Vol 36, Issue 13

[JM Mantell]

Hi Neil,
We have two 4K Eagle cameras fitted to a T12 and a T20 LaB6 TEMs. Although 
we have a plate camera on the T20, no-one has used it in the last two years 
- even the cryo people who thought the digital option wouldn't be adequate. 
So the images are very good.

We find the TIA operating software a bit cumbersome. I'm sure everything is 
in there but its often buried in several menus.

Couple of negatives. The stability of the two cameras we have is very 
different. The gain and bias settings on the T20 camera need to be 
re-calibrated on a daily basis. The T12 one is good for a week even though 
this is used more extensively. We had thought that it was strongly 
dependant on the cooling water supply and temperature, but we have done 
lots of work to improve that and it's not made a lot of difference

Also the cooling fans are very noisy. We are trying to source and retrofit 
ourselves some quieter ones.

If you would like to come down and have a look at them here, you would be 
most welcome.

Best wishes,
Judith

--On 26 August 2010 12:00 -0700 3dem-request at ncmir.ucsd.edu wrote:

> n.a.ranson at leeds.ac.uk



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JM Mantell
bijmm at bristol.ac.uk