Thanks...but have any of you ever worked tabletops?

I use to be an assistant photographer (long while back) and we used Norman strobes. Everything was shot on 4x5 view cameras with extremely small apertures (like f/64) and we would use what we called a "pop" system -- that is, do multiple flash fires to get enough light on the film. We really needed to maximize our depth of field. Polaroids test shots helped us guage how on target we were to what we desired.

How do you achieve the same effect in digital?