The FujiCast: Photography Podcast

The FujiCast is a Fujifilm photography show presented by Kevin Mullins and Neale James, and it moves at the pace of a long catch-up rather than a tutorial. Episodes carry the tag of an independent Loading Zone production. Listener questions hold the conversation together, though the route to them is rarely direct. Cold opens have covered Easter duties at church and a joke about Father Kev, shovelling up after two horses that are now simply pets, flood warnings, skiing trips and a delayed plane at Charles de Gaulle. None of it is rushed. The two presenters work as a contrast: one leans into the teasing, and Kev tends to answer flatly, as when he puts the chances of his horses ever reaching Cheltenham at none, none, none. The same dryness shows when a travel story ends with Kev saying he would simply have got off the plane and taken the train. The photography, when it arrives, is specific. A listener writing about the Fujifilm X100 VI asks what its leaf shutter actually does, and the answer centres on flash sync: a leaf shutter can synchronise at far higher speeds than the roughly 1/250th of a second typical of a conventional body such as the X-T5 or a DSLR. Partway through, there is a small detour over how to pronounce the listener's name. Another stretch turns a wedding horror story into practical advice. A second shooter put their cards down in a wallet during a drinks reception at the Gherkin, someone made off with it, found no money inside and apparently binned it, and everything from that camera was lost. The lesson is that card security matters even when the cards are not your own, and that keeping a second copy of the pictures somewhere else is worth doing when travelling. Episode titles map the wider ground. There are episodes called 'DIY film simulations how to, and Street Do's and Don'ts' and '#316: Third-party lens love and best newborn photo kit', which suggest a show as comfortable with lenses and kit lists as with street photography. Titles like '#318: Finding your photographic voice and Kev's lost 35mm is found?' and 'Shoot with what you enjoy and social fatigue' point toward the less technical side of the hobby too. Fujifilm's own events come up as well: one episode carries ticket offers for Fujikina in London, including free general admission codes for the first people to email in. The show is not built for anyone who wants specs without the chat. It suits a listener who shoots Fujifilm, or is curious about it, and who likes advice delivered the way a friend would give it: practical, a little opinionated and surrounded by stories. A good first episode is 'It's raining cameras and all hail the leaf shutter', which includes that X100 VI question and a fair helping of the chat around it.