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My two cents: Minolta AF 135 2.8, all shots aprox. f4 with K&F adapter on a X-T10
 
DSCF1634 by Manuel Bustos, en Flickr

DSCF1599 by Manuel Bustos, en Flickr
DSCF1716 by Manuel Bustos, en FlickrDSCF1684 by Manuel Bustos, en FlickrDSCF1653 by Manuel Bustos, en Flickr
 
And for comparison, this is a fujinon XF 60 mm macro. f4DSCF1641 by Manuel Bustos, en Flickr
 
Both lenses are tack sharp. May be the fujinon xf is even sharper... or not, I couldn't really say

I had the 18-135 for a couple of weeks and I sold it quite disappointed of its IQ, not bad but quite lame when compared to the general fujinon quality, at least my copy. Totally another kettle of fish when pitted to the 'fijicrons' in the IQ department. Bulky and heavy BUT phenomenally good OIS and convenient range, so for video it's quite an asset. But I rather go with the usually snubbed XC16-50 zoom. It's sooo light that it's a bliss, INVALUABLY feather light when traveling, better IQ, very good wide angle range at 16mm and quite decent for video but much worst OIS than the 18-135's one (its only shortcoming). All in all a win win lens on a dirty cheap price! On the other hand the 55-200 IQ is as good as it gets, also very good OIS (almost to the level of the 18-135),quick autofocus and surprisingly good for video, a must for sports. I use it every weekend for sailing and it's a boon at an affordable price second hand (got mine for little short of 400€. So in a nutshell, grab the 50-200 and look for some light fujicrons like the 18, 35 f2 ... To my taste better to carry two small bodies like the xt10-20 and xe3 than the 18-135. By the way, very little difference in photo image quality, if at all, between the xt10 and the new XE3 but substantially better video capabilities and much better autofocus.
Any way, the 18-135 is quite a decent lens, better than most of our skills, but Fuji has better options for price/weight/IQ balance.

I find it very sensible to modify de camera to whatever look you'd like. At the end of the day it's a design object that you can enhance at will. Authenticity is out of the cuestion from the moment the whole Fujifilm X camera system is a recreation of long time ago extinted cameras.
Hurra for your sand blasted camera!

Last summer I went to a bicycle race series to see my friends racing. Here are some pictures I took at the races. All of them are with my x100t.
 

 
Mardi cycliste by Samuel L-G, sur Flickr
 

 
 

 

 

My two cents: Minolta AF 135 2.8, all shots aprox. f4 with K&F adapter on a X-T10
 
DSCF1634 by Manuel Bustos, en Flickr

DSCF1599 by Manuel Bustos, en Flickr
DSCF1716 by Manuel Bustos, en FlickrDSCF1684 by Manuel Bustos, en FlickrDSCF1653 by Manuel Bustos, en Flickr
 
And for comparison, this is a fujinon XF 60 mm macro. f4DSCF1641 by Manuel Bustos, en Flickr
 
Both lenses are tack sharp. May be the fujinon xf is even sharper... or not, I couldn't really say