Message from discussion Macro photography: software for extreme depth of field?

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Cynicor wrote:

> 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/

Wow!  This looks like exactly what I need.  It even works with
16-bit files.  Thanks!  I'll try it.

Roger