Welcome to The Dog House
Home of Mad Dogs Television
We sniff out quality broadcast equipment and professional crews for all your television broadcast, corporate and video content needs.
Our highly obedient & trained pack can guide you when planning your next TV documentary, lead you through equipping your video production & dig up the top dogs to go on location. To our clients, Mad Dogs really are productions best friend.
Our constant reinvestment in the latest technology ensures we can provide you with top quality equipment. We have an extensive range of cameras, grips, minicams, lighting kits, sound equipment, data wrangling kits and much more! We stock broadcast cameras including Sony’s flagship ranges with the Burano, PXW FX9, ILME-FX6 & ILME-FX3 as well as PXW-FS7 mk2 & PXW Z750 for 4K production.
We also have smaller cameras for quality on a budget including the PXW Z280, PXW X70, Insta360 X4, Blackmagic Micro Studios Cameras and GoPros available for hire. Feel free to browse around and have a look at what we have to offer and find out more about us. If you would like any more in depth information or have a specific enquiry please get in touch.
You can contact us by email [email protected] or give the dog a bone on 02380 813847
Popular Equipment
Sony PXW Z280 Camera
£120.00The PXW Z280 is the Rambo survival knife of cameras! Designed for journalism, you can run and gun and shoot from the hip with this swiss army camera. Fast, lightweight and precise, it is the perfect news gathering camera
Hollyland Mars 400S Pro Wireless Video
£25.00Upgrade your kit and add up to 1080p60 wireless video transmission to your gimbal or camera using Hollyland’s Mars 400S PRO SDI/HDMI Wireless Video Transmission System. The transmitter provides HDMI and SDI inputs. The receiver offers SDI and HDMI outputs. Everything is build lightweight and durable for your ease of use.
Apple Macbook Pro M1 DIT Laptop
£25.00We exclusively use Apple Mackbook Pro for our DIT/Data wrangler laptops. Each unit comes with the latest licence of Shotput pro, Catalyst browse & Di Vinci resolve. Adobe CS is also installed (User licence required). All packaged in a molded pelicase with required docks and card readers. We maintain our kits to ensure you get the quickest and most secure offload speeds.
Canon CN7x17 Cinema Servo Zoom Lens
£200.00The mighty CN7 is a fantastic super 35 cinema servo zoom lens with a focal length of 17 to 120mm. Designed for 4K filming this is one of the highest quality “ENG” style lenses making it perfect for on the shoulder filming. Similar to the HJ lenses on B4 cameras the build in servo zoom allows smooth reframing whilst on shot and its size and weight allow for precise and balance operation. Fully compatible with FS, and FX cameras when used with sensor crop.
Sony SEL20TC 2x Teleconverter
£20.00Seeing double? This 2x Teleconverter is a great compact alternative to those bulky additional lenses. Increasing the focal length of your lens without degrading the resolution. Partnered with a cropped sensor, thats almost 8x longer than your standard focal lenth of a long lens.
It is compatible with Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM and Sony FE 200-600 F5.6-6.3 G OSS
Blackmagic Video Assist 4K 7″ Monitor
£25.00A handy 7″ monitor from blackmagic which was ahead of its time
Both a monitor and recorder designed for DSLRs/mirrorless cameras with 2x SD card slots allowing for HD or Ultra HD recording 10-bit 4:2:2 quality ProRes or DNxHD files.
Sony 135mm f1.8 G Master Prime Lens
£60.00Ready to take your shoots to the next level? Whether you’re shooting in the studio, at a wedding, or on location, we’ve got the perfect lens for you.
Canon 24-70mm f2.8 Zoom Lens
£30.00The Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM Lens is an essential go-to zoom lens to carry on all shoots. It will cover most bases from macro, landscapes & portraits, its a handheld lens of choice for shooting in the thick of the action.
Friendly local support
Every booking is handled personally by a dedicated member our team. From start to finish we’re hands on to ensure we provide the right kit for the job. We pack each kit as if we were using it, to ensure everything you need on location is in the bag ready to go.
Getting you to location
We offer support for our crews flying out of the UK. Delivering to and collecting from London airports at no charge. We'll help your team with getting everything to the airport, checked in and the crew though security. Packing for travel is our forte! Reducing your excess baggage and saving money! We help take the stress out of international projects for crew and production.
In house technicians
Our ability to maintain and repair our equipment in house means we can ensure every hire goes without a hitch. Or if something does need repairs, we can fix it in house to keep costs down and pass the savings onto you! We also offer in house serving and repairs of your equipment too! Our contacts within the industry mean we can source original parts for spares, or make suggestions for the right people to go to for specialist advice and servicing.
Professional Crews
Our crews are all broadcast professionals and have cover a broad range of skills to suit your requirements. Our crew include Camera operators and Sound recordists as well as DITs, Drone, Jimmy Jib and Gimbal operators. Minicam riggers, Timelapse specialists and Technical supervisors.
Our address
Maddogs Television
The Dog House
Pound Lane
Copythorne
SO40 2PD
Office hours
- 9:30am - 5pm