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
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Sony Burano Cinema Camera
£385.00Sony Burano, essentially the Venice-lite. This camera fills the void left by the Sony PMW-F55 and bridges the Sony cinema range from Venice 2 to the PXW-FX9. It is an 8k Full frame offering with in sensor stabilization for any lens, the only camera is Sonys line up to offer that with built in variable ND also. It can natively fit PL mount and E mount lenses. We see this as a particularly powerful combination for long lens shooting and dynamic movement.
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Canon 70-200mm f2.8 Long Zoom Lens
£35.00The canon ef 70-200mm f/2.8 l is ii usm is a professionally quality, fast-aperture telephoto zoom lens what is great for master interviews, portraiture, long lens and GV’s. Everything looks beautiful from a the long end of this fast aperture lens
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Teradek Bolt 300 Pro Wireless Video
£25.00Bolt 300 Pro offers up to 300ft of zero latency wireless video, perfect for focus pullers and director’s monitors.
The 300 model comes in HDMI, 3G-SDI, and dual I/O varieties and includes a new fan-less receiver design with internal antennas.
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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.
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Sony ILME-FX3 Camera Hire
£120.00The Sony FX3 is the perfect companion camera to almost anything in the Sony Range, from FS7, FX6 and FX9. Featuring the same sensor at the Sony FX6 and unmatched low light performance this camera really does prove that good things do come in small packages. Featuring S-Log, S-Cinetone, XAVC-I recording, 4K sensor this compact camera has all the specs to make it a perfect B-Roll, AP, or 3rd camera for your next production.
And we haven’t gotten to the FX3’s part trick yet, it’s ludicrous low light performance. With an ISO up to 409600, 15+ stops of dynamic range this camera can almost see in the dark!
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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.
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Atomos Ninja V 5″ Monitor
£35.00Our small form factor monitor-recorder, ideal for DSLRs/mirrorless cameras or as a viewfinder monitor. Loaded with useful codecs and monitoring tools for the operators confidence. Takes HDMI as standard but also HD-SDI and timecode using optional ATOMX Sync and ATOMX SDI Module.
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Sony ILME FX6 Camera Hire
£160.00The newest kid on the block, camera wise, the Sony FX6 has proven massively popular with everyone on set from DOPs to shooting APs. Working with this fantastically compact camera and light weight camera is a joy. It brings some of the best bits of its larger brother the FX9 in ergonomics and form and elements from FX3 such as the same amazing sensor and autofocus, into one amazing camera. The FX6 can be rigged up or down to suit the filming environment. Stripped down its small and light enough to use on a DJI Gimble, and rigged with a shoulder mount and bars capable of carrying the Canon CN7 servo zoom lens and everything in between. Oh, and everything you need to do either come as standard with one of our kits!
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 forr out crews flying out of the UK. Delivering to and collecting from the airport. 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 crew
Our crews are all broadcast professionals and we 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
- 9am - 5:30pm
