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Personally, I found the 18-135 corner sharpness between f/5.6 to be acceptable for most travel situations where you don't feel you need the best sharpness out of the travel zoom. You then have more room for a few primes when you do care about image quality. f/8 works for me in the bright outdoors. I think it really is one of the "better" super travel zooms out there. Having said that, I don't use the 18-135 much when photography is more of a priority; that's where I allocate more room to bring my better glass. On my next vacation, I'm loaning my old X-T1 with 18-135 to a friend; he'll be really happy with the 6x4 prints he'll be making. I'll stick with my X-T2 with 16-55, 55-200, etc.

My favorite travel charger is the Watson Compact AC/DC Charger for $20. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/880159-REG/watson_c_2109_compact_ac_dc_charger_for.html It has fold out 2 prong, 100-220V, and comes with a 12V car adapter. What's really nice is that you can buy additional charge plates for $3 each to charge other camera battery types. For USB charging, I'm playing with a Wasabi dual charger. It comes bundled with two Wasabi NP-W126 batteries for $25 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Wasabi-Power-Battery-Charger-Fujifilm/dp/B06VVGY5KW I have had great luck with Wasabi 3rd party batteries over the years. I also bought a Neewar USB charger. It is slightly smaller than the Wasabi. It has a crude LCD charge meter that doesn't really give me good enough feedback (the Wasabi has a green/red led for charging status). https://www.amazon.com/Neewer-NW-W126-Battery-Charger-Fujifilm/dp/B019C51VJW I use an Anker five port wall charger which is good enough to charge my smartphone, tablet, and batteries at the same time. For batteries, I like to go with one in the camera and two in my camera bag. With the camera in performance mode and turning off the camera when not in use, I normally go through 1.5 to 2 batteries per day and so the 3rd battery is there just in case. I like putting the spare batteries in the Think Tank DSLR battery holders. For my next trip, I plan on traveling with three batteries per camera body, one Watson charger, and the Wasabi dual USB charger. In case the Wasabi charger doesn't charge as fast as expected, I'm considering bringing another pair of batteries in case I need to charge a pair during the day to keep up.

I own or have rented all the lenses on your list. Here are my thoughts: 27/2.8 - My least used lens. Sure it is short; but, I find it focuses slow and I can't get used to its lack of aperture ring. I found being short wasn't a big advantage because the body it is attached to dictates how "small" it is. I rather bring my X100S or Sony RX100M4 if I want something small. And 27mm doesn't do much for me since I would rather go with the 23mm and 35mm focal lengths. 18-135 - It has pixel peeping issues on the long end and when shot wide open. It is fine stopped down. If best to ultimate image quality is the priority, I wouldn't use it. But, if you can live with its size, as a travel lens it is so very awesome. If I want 135mm in my bag, it is either the 18-135, 55-200, or 50-140. So I think of the 18-135 as a way of bringing telephoto reach for nearly free. I pair it with one or two primes or my 10-24 if I plan on shooting as wide as I can go. 60mm (rented) - Really slow focus to the point I miss a lot of shots. Really nice sharpness. It's not a true macro. I'm waiting for Fujifilm's next macro lens. Until then I play with Fujifilm's macro extension tubes if I want to get close 16-55 - It is big and heavy, has f/2.8 constant, and focuses fast. I find the I use the 16-55 the same way I used my Canon 5D3 w/ 24-70/2.8 and external flash with bounce modifier: conventions where I can use flash. If I can handle the weight and size, I can use it as my walk around lens. I usually bring either the 18-135 (if I need the OIS or reach) or the 16-55 (for when I don't and want the image quality). Now that I own the 16-55, I tried a camera bag with my X-T1, X-T2, 16-55, 10-24, 50-140, 16/1.4, 56/1.2, and Nissin Di700A flash --- it is so unpleasantly heavy, I cannot believe I used to carry a similar Canon FF setup. Anyway, shooting in Manila and Hong Kong regularly sounds so very rewarding. Please share what you end up buying next and how it all works out for you.

I suggest watching Big Head Taco's First Impressions of the 50/2 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSBUkVmFjpE From a use case, he gives some good perspective on how the 50mm vs. 56mm focal lengths can be considered. His impressions on the AF speed seems to be what I am expecting. The 56/1.2's focus speed is a lot faster than my old Canon 85/1.2L II; but, it is not as snappy as some of my newer Fuji glass. If you treat the 50/2 as a long normal lens rather than a short telephoto/portrait lenses, it makes a lot more sense to me. The faster AF would make the lens more useful taking shots of moving subjects whereas the 56/1.2 might taking more anticipation/planning to nail the same shot. Taking minimum focus distance and widest aperture: 56/1.2: 70cm @ f/1.2: DOF is 0.68cm 50/2: 39cm @ f/2: DOF is 0.42cm

No matter what you decide for lens I would buy a couple 2-packs of those OpTech USA rainsleeves and practice attaching them to your camera before you leave. These are so compact and cheap, you should stuff in them in all of you camera bags. In other systems, a filter was needed to complete the seal at the front of the lens. Not sure about Fujifilm, but, I do have a set of UV filters just in case it does rain or I am shooting at the beach. I've rented the 16-55 and 18-135 a few times. I found that if I decide to not swap lens out too often, I didn't mind the extra bulk and weight of these options. I find myself shooting with my Sony X100 M4 as my standard zoom and use the Fuji with primes and the wider and longer zooms more than my Fuji standard zoom.

I'm looking forward to trying the joystick when I buy my X-T2 early next year. I loved selecting AF points using it with the Canon DSLRs I've owned. If the X-T2 moves the cursor as slowly as the one on the Canon 5D series, I'll probably look into reducing the number of AF points available so that I can get close to the one I want easier, which was what I had to do with the Canon DSLRs.

With Canon, I had a five lens setup: 17-40L, 24-70/2.8 II, 70-200/2.8L II, 35L, and 85L II. It gave me the usual focal range and shallow DOF primes. A 100L macro and 100-400L 2 would come after that. The Canon setup is heavy enough for me that I would usually leave the 70-200 at home unless I know I needed it. I would next leave the 17-40L or 35L. With Fuji, I usually go 10-24, 23, 56, and either 90 or 50-140 with a X-T1 and X-E2. It seems when I can bring two bodies with two mounted lens, the 18-55 stays home. I might rent a 18-135 again to see if I can warm up to it. The 100-400 and 1.4x TC are my next purchases unless the X-T2 comes out first. I figure anything longer than that the 100-400 and I'll be borrowing my friend's Canon 600L and the gimbal mount to go with it.

LOL. I know someone who bought a RX1 with the expensive EVF attachment. I bought a X100s and we both went shooting. Imagine the look on his face when he realized he left his RX1 on a restaurant's table and then the look when I caught up with him, and handed the RX1 back. He said, for a moment he had visions of drowning his despair in a newly purchased X100s he would have bought as a replacement.