Comparison of image quality between the compact camera (A) and the professional setup (B) with the specimen occupying the same proportion of the frame. A detail is shown below. The compact camera was set up 5 cm from the specimen with the optical zoom at 1×, 29 images (narrow setting) were manually stacked. The professional setup outperforms the compact camera, producing a sharper image when specimens larger than a few centimetres are set to fill the frame optimally.
Part of: Mertens JEJ, Van Roie M, Merckx J, Dekoninck W (2017) The use of low cost compact cameras with focus stacking functionality in entomological digitization projects. ZooKeys 712: 141-154. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.712.20505