Does anyone here know if Helicon Remote can be used to determine whether a given aperture will give adequate DOF for a photo in a single exposure? For instance, if you set the aperture to f/8 and that provides adequate DOF for the entire scene (or the near and far points you set), will it set the proper focal distance and give a "stack" of 1 image? That would be more accurate than guessing distances and faster than using magnified live view at near and far points when focus stacking is not involved.
Obviously, DOF depend on the final enlargement. Hence you have to know the output and select a CoC that gives the required DOF for that output.
That said, there is way to show based on the current f stop and focus point what is in focus based on the parameters Helicon remote is using. I own, but have not used the desktop version a lot, but in the Android version it shows blue blinkies overlaid what is in focus.
Just opended the desktop version and there are 2 check boxes that affect the live view. First is for Canon cameras only and gives a DOF Preview. The second one is FOCUSED and I believe that is what turns the blue blinkies on in the live view. I've played with this some changing the focal length of my lens and the aperture and I was able to see that the entire image was within what Helicon though was acceptable DOF.
In addition, the desktop (not sure about the Android version at this point) has a Hyperfocal calculator that looks like the photo attached.