>>4316845here's something i did just now of a pet jumping spider who died while molting a couple months ago. i've been meaning to take pictures of it and am only getting around to it now.
i shot at at f4.0 and stacked 93 images. i don't know exactly what the ISO is, it's the "low" extension below 200 so it's probably 100 i think.
for single shots i think using 200 or even 400 will be ok depending on circumstances but yeah you guys were right dropping the iso and aperture helped a lot. i think this came out super crisp and sharp except for the blurry areas of the image stack behind stuff like the hairs on the legs where the background is being diffracted through it.
i wasn't trying to be artistic and make a good picture with this i just wanted to see how much i could improve sharpness and image quality by putting you guys advice into practice. thanks for the advice you guys this really changes things for me.