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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fazalmajid" data-source="post: 3375767" data-attributes="member: 134771">Well, some of the difference goes to pay for the Aneas canvas+leather case, which is probably very nice (and can be purchased by itself from B&H for about $320).In some cultures (India), sapphires are considered to bring bad luck (which is why the cameo of M. Night Shyamalan buying his fiancée a sapphire engagement ring in "The Sixth Sense" rings so false).Makes for very good scratch-resistant covers on Swiss watches and some Leica cameras.Never underestimate the power of green. I am a middle-aged, far from svelte balding guy, and yet I manage to elicit compliments from random people on the street when I wear my English racing green leather jacket, something that has never happened to me otherwise. Quite unsettling, really. And not even on St Patrick's Day.As for optical quality, they are state of the art circa 2006. I don't think the improvements made in the last decade, at least by Leica, are earth-shattering.</blockquote>