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
GoPro Hero 12 Minicam Kit
£25.00Go pros… we have lots of these but we have jazzed all of ours up with GoPro Labs firmware and have made them the most comprehensive kits you can imagine.GoPro PR calls the Hero 12 “The best HERO camera GoPro have ever made” …… Until of course the Hero 13 arrives a year laterSony 24-105mm f4 G Zoom Lens
£40.00A compact, lightweight and comprehensive zoom lens, the Sony 24-105mm is by far the most requested Mad Dogs lens. When choosing bewteen the Sony FE 24-70 F2.8 GM and the Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G it’s additional focal range is often more desired in filming scenarios than having the extra stop of the F2.8 G Master.
The extra focal range is the difference of being able to get a medium close up over a midshot when following actuality.
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 SEL20TC 2x Teleconverter
£20.00Seeing double? This 2x Teleconverter is a great compact alternative to those bulky additional lenses. Increasing the focal length of your lens without degrading the resolution. Partnered with a cropped sensor, thats almost 8x longer than your standard focal lenth of a long lens.
It is compatible with Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM and Sony FE 200-600 F5.6-6.3 G OSS
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.
Sony ILME FX5 Camera Hire
£160.00The rumours were true, for the first time the new “open gate” sensor allows for cropping for traditional 16:9 shooting as well as more options than ever for online and social content at almost any ratio you want. It almost reminds us of a a 4:3 sensor in the days before widescreen… that’s progress we guess! Much like it’s older brother the FX3 this camera can function from anything from your main A-Roll camera to a great B or C camera, beautiful and lightweight weight makes it great for use on a gimble or even on a polecam.
Sony 16-35mm f2.8 G Master Zoom Lens
£40.00G Master performance in a wide-angle F2.8 16-35mm zoom
Perfect applications being for landscapes, Ronin gimbals (when you want face tracking auto focus) or when you want a beautifully shallow non-sync wide shot.
Hollyland Mars 400S Pro Wireless Video
£25.00Upgrade your kit and add up to 1080p60 wireless video transmission to your gimbal or camera using Hollyland’s Mars 400S PRO SDI/HDMI Wireless Video Transmission System. The transmitter provides HDMI and SDI inputs. The receiver offers SDI and HDMI outputs. Everything is build lightweight and durable for your ease of use.
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