Lighting and Tripod

I have bought a new tripod that enables me to do much more accurate copy work. Small battery operated lights also assist with the job. After many experiments I am now setting my camera on 200 ISO, F7.1, Shutter speed between 1/8 to 1/40 second depending on the image. I am using manual and Auto focus depending on the size of the image and looking for the rosette pattern to focus on. I am shooting in RAW as it records more data and then desaturating later if it is a black and white image. There are many more mid tones when I use this approach.