INERCIA AND SONY RENEW THE CAMERAS IN THE TEATRO REAL'S MAIN HALL FOR THE 25/26 SEASON

Inercia Tecnología Audiovisual has been awarded The tender for the acquisition and installation of cameras in the Teatro Real's main hall, which ran from August to September 2025. The Teatro Real opens its new season of opera, dance, and concerts with Otello, and the Inercia team has carried out the integration of this new equipment to kick off the season with full guarantees of quality and reliability.

The project, developed in conjunction with Sony, includes the supply of studio cameras, PTZ robotic cameras, technical video monitoring systems, and the network integration of the new cameras and control systems to facilitate their management from any point in the theater. Sony's HDC-3100 model has been supplied as studio cameras, providing a high level of creative flexibility. Capture superior images with the world's first 2/3" CMOS sensor featuring global shutter technology, which eliminates "tilt effect" and banding noise. This allows the HDC-3100 camera to capture flawless images with low noise levels and excellent sensitivity (F12 at 1080/59.94p or F13 at 1080/50p). In a theater where recording conditions are complex, and factors such as room darkness and capture distance must be taken into account, the use of cameras of this type is essential, as they offer very low noise levels and high-quality sensitivity (F12 at 1080/59.94p or F13 at 1080/50p). They are compatible with fiber optic transmission as standard, can output 3G-SDI signals up to 1080/59.94p, with the possibility of 4K via 12G-SDI interfaces.

On the other hand, the supply includes BRC-AM7 robotic cameras, also from Sony, which feature improved PTZ automatic framing with integrated AI and are comparable in quality to the studio model, allowing them to be used together. In environments like this, it is essential to have a flexible and versatile product that allows for stable and safe automation of movements. These cameras have been designed, for example, to film the position of the maestro and the artists moving around the stage. It is possible to create presets, register faces, and associate names, so that the camera automatically detects the selected person and follows their movements on stage.

The integration is completed with video monitors and signal selection systems for technical control, in addition to the Sony CNA2 camera control network adapter, which allows technical control of all cameras through the theater's data network, from the RCP-3500 control panels. The system adds the possibility of software camera control from any location through the Web-RCP license.

This way, the Teatro Real begins its new season with equipment that, in addition to increasing the quality of content capture, facilitates new forms of visual expression, thus improving the viewer experience.