Some acquisition functions support the concept called “continuous movement”. A motorized Z drive or an XY stage moves continuously while the camera acquires images on the fly. This significantly speeds up the process of focusing and image acquisition.
Caution
The functionality is available only with certain hardware equipment.
See below.
Fast auto focus automatically calculates the optimal strategy to be used. Based on the current hardware configuration, it decides whether to use:
Single pass or two passes.
Piezo Z or the main Z drive.
Continuous or step by step movement.
The following functions use fast auto focus:
The
Auto Focus button on the 
Acquisition 
pad.
Devices > Fast Auto Focus Setup
Fast Autofocus SettingsThe following functions support continuous XY scanning
Continuous Scan of Well Centers
Find Well by Analysis
Scan Large Image by Continuous Movement| NIkon | Ji camera | Mono |
| Basler | ACA5472_17UM | Mono |
| BOA8100_16CC | RGB | |
| BOA8100_16CM | Mono | |
| ACA2440_75UC | RGB | |
| A2A2840_48UC | RGB | |
| ACA4112_30UC | RGB | |
| Hamamatsu | ORCA-Quest 2 | Mono |
| ORCA-Quest | Mono | |
| ORCA-Fire | Mono | |
| ORCA-Fusion BT | Mono | |
| ORCA-Fusion | Mono | |
| ORCA-Flash 4.0 V3 | Mono | |
| ORCA-Flash 4.0 LT | Mono | |
| ORCA-Flash 4.0 LT3 | Mono | |
| ORCA Flash 4.0 V2, V1 (C11440-22) | Mono | |
| Photometrics | Kinetix | MonIo |
| Kinetix 22 | Mono | |
| Prime 95B (25, 22, 18 mm) | Mono | |
| Prime BSI | Mono | |
| Prime BSI Express | Mono |
Advanced AI-based functions can be used for working with well-plates if the system is configured properly and the correct hardware is used. Please see this document on GitHub for the description of all the options.