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
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.
Canon 24-105mm f4 Zoom Lens
£25.00Favoured by those wanting to carry a single lens on location, this lens delivers stunning image quality with advanced image stabilisation. EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM is a standard zoom lens that goes just that little bit further, whether you’re shooting photography or video. This lens is ideal for when you need to capture exceptional image quality, while travelling light.
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.
Samyang 50mm T1.5 Prime Lens
£25.00Fujinon 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.
Samyang 14mm T3.1 Wide Angle Prime
£25.00Samyang 14mm T3. 1 II is full frame and at 14mm is fully wide, there is little this lens doesn’t see!
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.
Panasonic Lumix 14mm MFT Mount
£25.00A delicious looking 14mm Pancake. Or to give it it’s real name the Panasonic Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 II Aspherical Lens designed for use Micro Four Thirds mount digital cameras.
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