Canon Ixus 75 problems

[candlestick]

I recently bought a Ixus 75 in Hong Kong as an upgrade to my Powershot 550 (I have a 400D as well, before I get lambasted!! ). It seems like a great little compact, but I currently have the following problems with the screen:-

1) 2 dark 'spot like areas on the screen when I am looking to take pictures, but which doesn't seem to appear once the shot is taken and played back - could this be something on the lens that would be unnoticable on the cameras playback???

2) Potentially a stuck pixel - would a stuck pixel be noticable on the screen when the camera is switched off, as this is, or could it just be some dust or something??

I bought the camera with a 12 month Hong Kong warranty - has anybody ever returned goods to Canon Hong Kong, is it fairly straightforward???

 

[Jimmy_Lemon]

Sounds like a defect with the screen if you can see it when it is switched off :| Doesn't sound good really I have had to send anything back abroad, but think it will probably quite straight forward. Do they have any info about returns on their specific part of the canon website?

 

[soupdragon]

If you can't see it in the pictures then it's not on the lens.

Do the dark areas resemble bruises or do they have a fairly sharp outline.
I have an Ixus 75 and it is fairly flimsy to say the least, it may be possible you have inadvertently squashed it or knocked it against something.

 

[candlestick]

They resemble bruises and the stuck pixel (if it is one) looks like a grain of sand.

 

[kfridge]

sometimes stuck pixels can be "fixed" by tapping the area of the screen that contains them...I've had this work on a couple of TFT's :shrug: