Here you can define the settings for a preview scan. Typically a low magnification objective and a channel which protects your sample (e.g. transmitted light) is used. This will give you a low resolution overview of the sample to mark tile regions and/or positions.

Parameter

Description

Use Experiment Settings

Uses the settings of the experiment for the preview scan.

Channel

Only available if Use Experiment Settings is deactivated.

Displays the channels for the preview scan. If you deactivate Use Experiment Settings, you can deselect individual channels here.

Camera Binning

Only available if Use Experiment Settings is deactivated.

Sets the binning of the camera for the preview scan experiment only. The exposure time will be compensated automatically for the preview scan. Note that higher binning will reduce the scan time (due to shorter exposures of the camera), but reduce the image resolution.

Delete existing preview images

Activated: Deletes the already existing preview images before the preview scan is started.

Start

Starts the preview scan to acquire the overview image.