Dear all, I am just switching from HKL3000 to DIALS for processing data collected at EIGER detectors because it is too slow for the HKL300 to handle over 1000 images per dataset.
Our crystals are not perfect and you would expect split spots or spots of multiple crystals in most cases. Sometimes we are lucky enough to extract spots of one lattice by playing with the spot-finding parameters in HKL 3000 and find an solution during the index step (changing spot size, more spots, fewer spots, restraining the resolution, etc.). However, it seems very difficult to adjust these parameters in the dials.find_spots step of DIALS. The DIALS tutorial suggest checking the spots using "dials.image_viewer" after the spot findin step. By inspecting the images, it seems that most split sports were not included into the list of "strong spots" for indexing. What options do you have during the step of spot finding (especially fins strong spots for indexing) using DIALS? Thank you in advance. Best, Yu -- Yu Zhang HHMI associate Waksman Institute, Rutgers University 190 Frelinghuysen Rd. Piscataway, NJ, 08904