From e70900149412531f05cced41eadee1e982229886 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Knapper <jaknapper@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:49:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Decrease default settling time to 0.05

---
 src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/autofocus.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/autofocus.py b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/autofocus.py
index bff91e81..04d69480 100644
--- a/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/autofocus.py
+++ b/src/openflexure_microscope_server/things/autofocus.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class StackParams(BaseModel):
     # Using docstrings under variables as this is how pdoc would expect
     # attributed to be documented
 
-    settling_time: float = Field(default=0.3, ge=0)
+    settling_time: float = Field(default=0.05, ge=0)
     """Time (in seconds) between moving and capturing an image"""
 
     origin: StackOrigin = StackOrigin.START