OK, so im in a bit of a pickle! My Nikon D40x has somehow developed 5 or more (ones i dont yet know about) dead and stuck pixels since May, I don't know if its getting worse or because now i know they are there im sort of hunting for new ones in new photos i take!
I have contacted Nikon about it, they say send it in and it could cost me depending on they find my registration for 2 year warranty but it could also take 3-4 weeks and i don't have 3-4 weeks as i need my camera from 24th Sept onwards, plus i also know that as soon as i set foot back in Uni they will give me a night project. Now, i have some really nice white dead pixels and they show up nicely on black photos and then if i should need some printing... well i have a lot of photoshopping to do!.
So im kind of stuck with either forking out to buy a new camera that i was intending to buy not for another year and a half, or not having a camera for Uni for a while. Obviously being the person i am, i want the new camera now.
So iv come to the conclusion that i shall wait till i set foot back in Uni and talk to my tutors about it, weather or not im being completely over-dramatic and stupid, as sometimes they are not noticeable, im still pissed off at the amount of dead ones i have... aaaaand id like a D300... but we shall see.........I am pretty sure pixels hate me right now - Damn you pixels!!!

Wow yes what a rant over some dots!... amazing!