I've never seen either a D600 or D800 in UK

I spent a bit of time recently, looking around the various retailers to see if any had either of these models. Despite visiting several different stores of major retailers inc Curry's Digital, Jessops. I also visited several independent camera outlets.

I wanted to see the two models in the fresh, but could I?

No nothing. The Curry's stores had EOS 5MKiii's (Curry's is probably UK's biggest electrical retailer)

The guy at the independent store I visited today said he had sent all his stock of D600's back due to issues, dust spots & other. No D800 in stock either. It would have been nice to have seen one of these models because I am seriously considering buying one, but if I can't at least hold one to try it out first why should I?

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