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Re: Macro photography: software for extreme depth of field?

Cynicor <jt__rup__...@speak__easy.net>

Roger N. Clark (change username to rnclark) wrote:

> One of the big issues with macro photography is the narrow
> depth of field.  Is there any software that will take a stack of images,
> each at a slightly different focal point and extract the sharpest
> areas and assemble one image with greater depth of field?
> I've been taking some macro shots where I get several focal
> points with different parts of the subject in focus, then merging
> the images in photoshop.  It is tedious and seems ideal
> for software.

Yes! I just read about this a couple of days ago. Downloaded it, haven't
tried it out yet.

http://www.heliconfocus.com/