Hi Jez, I’m always excited to hear from other Fujifilm camera enthusiasts.

I do most of my landscape photography during the New Jersey Spring. It rains a lot. When I bought into the Fuji system, I decided on fixed aperture lenses with aperture rings and weather resistance. The XF18-55mmF2.8-4.0 R LM OIS is much lighter than the XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR, but the lack of weather resistance on the XF18-55mmF2.8-4.0 R LM OIS was a deal breaker for me. I think if I were travelling by bike, I would have made the same choices you did.

Unfortunately, Fujifilm haven't made any fixed aperture zooms for wildlife. The only options are the XF100-400mmF4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR and XF150-600mmF5.6-8 R LM OIS WR. The XF200mmF2 R LM OIS WR (306mm-e) is the only fixed lens option, but it doesn’t have the reach I need for photographing warbler, and it's way too heavy; over 2 kilos! I would be excited if Fuji made an XF150-600mmF4 R LM OIS WR lens.

I added you website to my RSS feed reader.