Originally posted by junototoro oK, so the 17-70 is not even weather resistant ;(
What's the point of the water resistant camera body then ...
Body is weather resistant not Water (though it is pretty water tight)
The 18-135 looks to have similar iq to the 18-55wr (which is far better than most kit lenses on the market)
to get the performance of your other lenses though the DA*16-50 is really the lens to look at
the 18-55WR is worth owning if you don't have the 16-50 though. It's performance can be quite good (particularly it shines at around 35mm and f 5.6)
I have shot a lot in pretty heavy rain without a WR lens though, I gaffer tape the seal at the body and use saran or a plastic bag over the lens body (old film shooting trick). ugly but it works, i've spent whole day shooting live events this way a couple of times.