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<blockquote data-quote="Clovishound" data-source="post: 829122" data-attributes="member: 50197">Well, since I am taking mine manually, I don't really want to have to take a lot more than is really necessary, especially when I am taking them handheld. The other issue is that I'm frequently taking them using flash, and need to take time for the flash to recycle. Which is usually only a second or two, but it adds up with lots of shots. I have done a few experiments taking photos using progressively smaller apertures. using real world targets, I don't notice much diffusion until I go past F22 using the Nikkor 105mm micro lens. Perhaps there is a small difference that could be seen using resolution charts. My normal shooting aperture is F16 or F11, unless I feel that I need greater depth of field for a single shot of a certain subject.I see that, using the auto focus stacking, some folks are taking 50 - 100 shots per image.&nbsp; I typically use less than 10 for most of my stacks. I'm not saying that one has to use as many shots as these people are to get good results, but using a larger aperture definitely increases the need for more images per stack.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Clovishound, post: 829122, member: 50197"] Well, since I am taking mine manually, I don't really want to have to take a lot more than is really necessary, especially when I am taking them handheld. The other issue is that I'm frequently taking them using flash, and need to take time for the flash to recycle. Which is usually only a second or two, but it adds up with lots of shots. I have done a few experiments taking photos using progressively smaller apertures. using real world targets, I don't notice much diffusion until I go past F22 using the Nikkor 105mm micro lens. Perhaps there is a small difference that could be seen using resolution charts. My normal shooting aperture is F16 or F11, unless I feel that I need greater depth of field for a single shot of a certain subject. I see that, using the auto focus stacking, some folks are taking 50 - 100 shots per image. I typically use less than 10 for most of my stacks. I'm not saying that one has to use as many shots as these people are to get good results, but using a larger aperture definitely increases the need for more images per stack. [/QUOTE]

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