[3dem] Experience with a Gatan Orius SC1000 at the side port of a Spirit

[Bettina Boettcher]

Dear All,

we are currently planing an upgrade of our conventional TEM facilitiy in 
Edinburgh. We would like to mount a Gatan Orius 1000 (4008x2672 pixels) 
to the side port of a Tecnai Spirit Biotwin (and a 4kx4k slow scan to 
the bottom).
I was wondering whether there is any experience with a similar setup . 
In particular I am interested in
1) What is the maximal field of view of the Orius at the side.
2) Somebody mentioned to us that the size of the beam at the side port 
is smaller than the  chip, so it cannot be completely covered. Therefore 
some cropping of the image is required, Is this true and if so by how 
much is the image cropped.
3) Can the Orius be used with the FEI software (embedded), does it work 
well, does it take care of the cropping (if required)

I would also appreciate a few demo micrographs, which demonstrate the 
field of view or the contrast in the side port (if you like to share 
micrographs with me, please send them directly to me, that the mailing 
list does not get spammed). I am particularly interested in plastic 
embedded sections... Our current setup has the Orius at the bottom and 
it does not satisfy our needs for the field of view. So it is really the 
performance of the camera in the side port of a Spirit that I am 
interested in.

Many thanks for your help

Bettina

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