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 35mm f1.4 G Master Prime Lens
£40.00The FE 35mm F1.4 GM is a must-have for Sony’s E-mount users, in combination with Sony’s camera bodies, it boasts advanced focusing capabilities – perfect for a wide range of uses such as shooting landscapes, portraits and street photography, recommended for both stills and video.
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!
Canon CJ20ex7.8 B4 Servo Zoom Lens
£120.00In a industry dominated by full frame cameras an operator can only dream of a single 30mm to 617mm long lens with an F stop of F1.8 to F2.6.
Imagine then if it had a built in 2x extender to expand that range to 937mm. Wow, unimagineable isn’t it! But wait that is exactly what the CJ20ex7.8B gives you on a 2/3rds sensor camera such as the Sony PXW Z750
Sony Alpha A7 III Camera
£110.00Small camera, large sensor.
This camera (like its twin the ILME-FX3) holds its own against its larger cousins and is a low light monster and king of the gimbal.
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K
£35.00Small and niche but sometimes thats exactly what you need!
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K (BMMSC) is the perfect solution for placing cameras on set or in vehicles when you don’t have space for regular sized cameras. It has a micro 4:3s sensor that allows a huge choice of lenses that can be fitted, it outputs 4k 12g SDI to an external recorder such as Atomos Shogun or Sumo
Sony PXW-FS7 Mark II Camera
£140.00The mighty Sony PXW-FS7 from Sony has become a stalwart of the industry since its launch in in 2014. Following on in 2016 from its popularity the second revision of this camera improved on it further by introducing the world to built in variable ND. Retaining many features of the original camera this variable ND makes it much easier to control exposure with affecting the depth of field by altering the iris or visible changes of ND using a fixed ND as in the original.
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
£30.00How do you made your food pack shots look amazing? The EF 100mmm f/2.8 Macro USM lens is all you need for those mouth watering close ups
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.
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