Nice Review of the O7Q

[Mitch Gross]

Yeah, thinking about it that's a bad combo, you're perfectly right. Personally I prefer a touchscreen, with nice clear controls -- like the 7Q seems to have -- to a fiddly little click-wheel (I have the SmallHD too, and agree with you there); and I like the fact that the Odyssey has the controls in the black bars, keeping the screen clear. But touchscreen buttons right at the top, plus a sunshade, will be awkward.

Perhaps an option could be added to move the top bar to the bottom of the screen?

Using a phone as a remote could be very cool, but could also be a little fiddly... you have to hold the phone as well as all the other gear...

Other than that, it looks great, and huge thanks to Matthew for such a detailed technical overview.

The touchscreen is split into two two tool bars, the upper and the lower. The upper is mostly informational pulldown menus and initial setup -- not the kind of stuff you need constant access to all day. The lower tool bar has all of the monitoring / focus assist / exposure tools controls. This is the one you would likely want to be addressing throughout the course of the shooting day. That's why it is on the bottom which should presumably be easier to access.

We do try to think about these things.