EBSD-DF images of a micro-hardness indent on compressed iron obtained with an accelerating voltage of 30 kV and a detector distance of 16 mm as a function of the virtual beam position on the reference EBSP. (A) Reference EBSP taken from the first pixel of the EBSD map, (B) Magnified view of the squared area in the reference EBSP in the insert, (B–E) EBSD-DF images with specific reflections displayed on (A). (F) Band contrast and (G) inverse pole figure maps of the same data. The EBSPs image resolution was 640×480 pixels. The white arrow represents the line from which the points B to D were taken as if the sample was tilted toward the EBSD camera. The movie available in the supplementary data was generated with all the EBSPs along the white arrow.