Yep, I was out today too and I discovered exactly that! Then, when I came back in, I then got engrossed in the whole new RAW update issue and got sidetracked!
What I did find was that, by sellotaping a Q-tip next to each control stick, I was able to watch the scene on the screen and use the controllers really well to move smoothly round and keep my subject centred. I find the sticks are very sensitive (probably great for r/c enthusiast flyers, but much too sensitive for my purposes) so restricting their movement with the the two Q-tip sticks helped hugely.