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
Atomos Sumo 19″ Monitor
£100.00Combining SSD recording functions with a high-brightness 19″ monitor screen the Atomos Sumo 19″ Monitor/Recorder allows your production monitor to do immediate playback and record dailies.
Provided with a stand bracket and mains & battery cabling as standard, our Sumo kits will work wherever you do. Add in its built-in quad splitter, the Sumo allows you to mix and switch up to four camera inputs on multi-cam projects. Its our dream studio monitor!
Fujinon MK 50-135 T2.9 Zoom Lens E Mount
£75.00The Fujinon MK 50-135mm T/2.9 like its complementary MK 18-55mm T2.9 is a great lens for documentary-style shooters. The advantage of these lenses over using Canon EF L series or Sony G masters is the full manual control over iris, focus and zoom plus they are parfocal meaning that the lens stays in focus when focal length is changed.
Sony 28-135mm f4 G Master Zoom Lens
£40.00The Sony FE PZ 28-135mm F4 G OSS is a professional-grade E-mount lens designed with an emphasis on filmmaking rather than photography. This lens is very similar to the Sony E PZ 18-110mm F4 with two main differences, the Sony FE PZ 28-135mm F4 is a full frame lens where are the Sony E PZ 18-110mm F4 is a S35 lens. Once you allow for the crop factor then these lenses are indentical focal lengths. As a result this Sony FE PZ 28-135mm F4 is better suited to full frame Sony PXW FX9 & ILME FX6 than the Sony E PZ 18-110mm F4. In contrast the Sony E PZ 18-110mm F4 is better suited to S35 PXW FS7s.
The other main difference… slow Fly by wire zoom. Not a problem on the Sony E PZ 18-110mm F4.
Canon CJ12ex4.3 B4 Servo Zoom Lens
£120.00Featuring 12x zoom and focal length that extends from an exceptional 4.3mm at the wide end to 52mm. Compact and lightweight, it’s the perfect way to bring high-quality 4K resolution to ENG and studio applications. Full frame shooting may be fashionable but when it comes to speed and versatility having a lens that covers the equivilant to 16mm-200mm plus a doubler then there is no match for this lens on a Sony PXW Z750.
Hollyland Mars 400S Wireless Video
£25.00We were pleasantly surpised by just how good these were. So much so Hollyland are our primary choice for wireless video transmittion.
It’s a great choice to make any monitor setup wireless. Use the Hollyview app on iOS or Android to view up to 4 app connections while the transmitter is disconnected or connected to the receiver. With HDMI and SDI Interfaces, this kit can be powered off battery of via DC input direct from your camera battery.
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.
Sony 70-200mm f2.8 G Master Zoom Lens
£45.00The Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 G master makes everything look soooo pretty! It really does, its a must for interviews and GVS. Try it! Throw out those backgrounds, embrace the Bokeh and lap up those lens flares
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
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