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Just been playing with the D850 at WEX. Goes on sale next month.
AWESOME!
It's got the same deep grip that I loved on the D750.....with 95% of the D5.
The Nikon representative was a lovely lady from Spain. I did suggest she take it back with her and drop it off at your place.
Incidentally it doesn't crop the sensor to get 45/24/12mp, although it still has that feature...it switches off pixels?
I would have thought that left gaps in the full frame image. 
Have to say had I not been buying a new camera for the wife I might have been tempted to place an order there and then.
The Fuji system has one more season to prove itself. If it fails to deliver in the way I want, the Nikon 850 is for me. Although heavier than Fuji, the grip makes it feel a lot better. Admittedly you will have heavy glass to add but it's so good ....I would rather go to the gym.
I didn't have a lot of time to play with it but the feeling was reminiscent of the first time I handled the D3 after the D2X. A breath of fresh air! I suspect it will sell well even at £3500 ish.
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Eric