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
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM Prime Lens
£35.00Canon’s EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM ia a professional short-telephoto lens, precision-made for low-light shooting and those situations where extremely shallow depth of field is required. Perfect for creative portraiture.
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
Samyang 50mm T1.5 Prime Lens
£25.00Atomos 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.
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
Fujinon MK 18-55 T2.9 Zoom Lens E Mount
£75.00Our Fujinon’s MK zoom series offers high quality cinematography lens features and functionality in a native Sony E-mount design for your versatile shooting needs. The MK zooms are particularly suited for use with Super35 format E-mount cameras such as the Sony FS7, as well as the Sony FX3 & FX6, when configured for Super35 shooting modes. They are also very lightweight and compact, so useful for handheld and documentary style shooting where minimising weight is an advantage.
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
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.
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