An HDR Image of the grounds at the front of Speke hall

The Neva-2 is a double 8 cine camera designed and built by the LOMO factory in St. Petersburg around 1962.

The Neva-2 has a selectable frame rates, at 8 fps, 16 fps, 24 fps, and 48 fps, although the faster the frame rate the louder the camera is, as it runs completely on clockwork, although other than the noise this brings one advantage over a motorised cine camera there is no need for batteries, just turn a dial on the side, and away you go. When fully wound it will run for just over a minute at 48fps, which is pretty impressive really, as it’s equates to about two thirds of a reel of double 8 film in a single long shot.

It has a turret lens mount, meaning that lenses can be changed rapidly, just press a button on the front of the turret, and it springs forward, then you simply rotate it to the lens you want and push it back in.