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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sonicbuffalo_RIP" data-source="post: 310682" data-attributes="member: 21543">I agree with hark, but I also think you may be overthinking all this a bit.  Would you want your new camera to be 'rushed' to be manufactured?  You see, what happened with the D600 is that everyone contemplating buying one saw the shutter problems and then if they were still interested, went to the D610.  The D610 was in such high demand that for a few weeks, I could not find one.  I just recently bought mine, and not from one of the top 3 sellers in the country.  I am happy with mine, and did not even consider it may have been on the shelf for a while.  If it has been, it certainly doesn't show it.  I just got it 2 days ago so I haven't checked acutations yet.  Just make sure you look on the box above the barcode and see if you see a 'U' on it.  That designates that it was manufactured for users in the US and it is not a gray market camera.  That is more important if you ever need warranty work done on your camera.  Nikon won't touch a gray market camera as there is no warranty sold with them.  I know that the company I bought mine from DOES sell gray market cameras so even though I saw the 'U', and got the yellow warranty paper in the box, I called Nikon and had them check to ensure it was a legit US Model.  It was.The other thing I am having to deal with is the store I bought my camera from took the original battery out of the box, and subsituted a 3rd party battery in place of the Nikon branded battery.  I immediately filed a claim with Nikon, and called the store and told them I wasn't happy with that.  I told them I wanted a new Nikon battery, which they said they are sending me.  What the store does, I'm almost positive, is send out cheaper 3rd party batteries, and then resells the Nikon batteries for a lot more cash.  An OEM Nikon battery goes for about $50, while a 3rd party battery might fetch $20.  That's the only issue I have with doing business with that company.  I would have bought from Adorama, or B & H, but they were out of the D610's at the time.I won't be doing business with AJ Richie any more as they should NOT have switched batteries in the first place.  The price I paid more than covers the price of the OEM battery.  Hope this helps you in making your decision.  It seems to me that if you bought from a local company, their cameras may sit on their shelves a bit longer, but I'm sure they do not have any of the D600 defects you seem worried about.  Good luck with your camera.  Welcome to Nikonites!</blockquote>

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