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
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.
Panasonic Lumix 14-42mm Zoom Lens
£25.00The self raising pancake know as the LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 14-42mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH./POWER O.I.S.
It is the servo zoom option for mirco four thirds that comes in at under 100g and has a 35mm camera equivalent of 28-84mm
Sony PXW-Z750 Camera
£120.00Sony 4k in a traditional, tried and tested 2/3rds sensor format. Cameras don’t come more functional than this! It is a perfectly balanced camera for fast and versatile shooting. The PXW-Z750 is an ideal obs doc camera, which will allow you to shoot all day on one lens and with rugged reliable SXS Media. If you get nostalgic about Digibetas, DSR 570s, PDW-F800s and PMW-500s then this camera will put a smile on your face.
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 24-70mm f2.8 G Master Zoom Lens
£40.00If you were only allowed one lens to shoot all day, then you wouldn’t go far wrong with the Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 G master. Cover all the basics in style with this essential, top performing G master lens
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.
Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 II
£55.00These cameras have always commanded a loyal following from those owner operators who swear by them. Essentially this is a hybrid mirrorless stills camera with powerful video features. Its out performs an ILCE -a7siii on stills and gives it a good run for its money on video despite having a micro 4:3s sensor compared to a full frame sensor. Where most have found this camera to be particularly useful is for ‘In Car’ / onboard minicam rigs. The micro 4:3s allows for lightweight lenses and its compact body means it can give you that large sensor look in confinded spaces.
Atomos Shogun 7″ Monitor
£40.00This fantastic monitor/recorder has many strings to its bow.
Great as a directors wireless monitor, fantastic as an operators confidence monitor, then factor in quad HD or single 4k recording capability! All of which makes the shogun 7 an essential piece of kit.
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