Was that cost effective? Or would it have been cheaper to hire someone who could have minimised this expense, and give you a few professional pointers along the way.
Good luck with your projects by the way, they look like fun to make!
I have no need for these low profile XLRs in my workflow, but I have just sent an email to Neutrik with a link to this thread suggesting that they should consider making their own versions as there is obviously a market. If everyone did the same maybe they could be persuaded. We seem to have some influence on the manufacturers of other equipment we use!
I know that we aren't the only users of XLRs but there would seem to be enough of us
My first thought is that he had inputs on the camera set to mic level and was feeding too hot a level from the G3s so turned down the input levels on the camera to try and compensate...