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 CJ20ex7.8 B4 Servo Zoom Lens
£120.00In a industry dominated by full frame cameras an operator can only dream of a single 30mm to 617mm long lens with an F stop of F1.8 to F2.6.
Imagine then if it had a built in 2x extender to expand that range to 937mm. Wow, unimagineable isn’t it! But wait that is exactly what the CJ20ex7.8B gives you on a 2/3rds sensor camera such as the Sony PXW Z750
Canon 16-35mm f2.8 Wide Angle Zoom Lens
£25.00A fast, ultra wide-angle zoom lens offering excellent optical performance throughout the zoom range. A constant f/2.8 maximum aperture make this an ideal lens for low-light photography/astrophotograpy, landscapes, non sync wides and much more.
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.
Sony 18-110mm f4 G Master Zoom Lens
£40.00Sony’s Super 35mm / APS-C format version of its FE 28-135mm F4 OSS lens. This version doesn’t have the the sluggish fly by wire zoom making it better for crash zooming when in manual. We do like that about this lens, however it is better suited for PXW FS7s over the full frame PXW FX9 because of its crop factor. This lens will work on PXW FX6 however only in HD mode, not 4K.
In short this is a great ob-doc standard lens but do check it is suitable for your choice of camera.
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.
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 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 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G Zoom Lens
£75.00Sony’s super telephoto zoom 200-600mm f5.6-6.3 G lens is a phenomonal lens to have when shooting wildlife, sports and more! But is 600mm still isn’t long enough then try it with the Sony SEL20TC 2x extender
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