Mike B

Thanks everyone. All good points and suggestions. spongee I appreciate the examples. Weight is not a problem and I have not had any real issues with any of my Fuji zooms/telephoto's. The 18-55 has been a good producer. My desire for more reach on occasion has me leaning strongly for the 18-135. I'll let you know what way I end up. Mike

Thanks. Thanks. I do know and agree about the personal preference. Laws of physics still apply. I have several of the Fuji lenses and added the Fuji system to my gear to reduce size/weight when I can't or don't want to lug my Canon gear around. Still attempting to find my go to "one Lens" for the Fuji when I don't know if I even will take an image but don't want to be without a camera just in case. Seems like too often I have chose too long or too short. I continue my evalution and will see where I end up. Thanks. I just came back out of the Superstitions this morning. Got some Desert Big Horn images. I am going to decide on this issue before I head out to Hawaii in August. Will be taking my system there, yet just won't carry all when headed out. I'm also looking to see what I can do for underwater shots while there.

Thanks CRAusmus. I have a small pack with all my lenses and have a good mix, yet when I can't or don't want to carry my pack and just carry a camera and lens I don't seem to have a solid go to multi-purpose lens. Also the WR interests me as sometimes it get caught in bad weather. so a 28-200 equivalent has my interest. I have thought about that extra size and weight. I hope someone using the 18-135 weighs in with some real world experience.

Would like to know if anyone has moved from the 18-55 to the 18-135 and can let me know what they think about the move. Contemplating selling my 18-55 and getting the 18-135, yet it seems I have not heard a lot about the newer lens. This would be for when I just only want to take a my X-T1 and one lens in case something pops up I'd like to capture. Not a planned subject/shoot.

Guys, Thanks for the insights. I had been looking at the bag and it seems like the overall feedback is that they are OK yet can be somewhat challenging to manage the camera. As for light, they do offer a bag that has space for the speedlight. At this time it looks like I wont be using any SCUBA and will only be snorkeling so I will be somewhat closer to the surface and may be OK with the limited ability of a speedlight for bringing out some of the color. Did see a Chinese Hard Case for about the same money as the EWA Marine bag, yet can't find any users with real feedback. I'm still 2 months out from my trip so I will continue to investigate,

Has anyone had experience with gear to allow the use of an X-T1 underwater? May be taking a trip and want to get some images underwater.