paleonet Software fix for depthy-of-field problems in digital photos

[jamesdavison <jamesdavison@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello --

How many of you use digital photos of fossils that have depth-of-field 
problems?   Particularly under a microscope, it often takes several 
images taken at different levels to bring the entire image into focus. 
It seems that cheap software should be available for combining images 
into a mosaic that contains only the focuses elements of each picture. I 
searched the net looking for such a product, and found a product called 
Auto Montage:

http://www.syncroscopy.com/syncroscopy/am.asp

The pictures can be quite startling and contain a large amount of 
scientific information.  However, the software costs $4500.  Is anybody 
aware of a cheaper software solution for the problem of combining 
digital photos taken at different focus planes?  Thanks.

-- Jim Davison

http://www.geocities.com/auralgo/2TopCone.htm