I covered the viewfinder and also put the camera in a dark cabinet and had the same results. It is like the lens is generating the noise. It only does it with the 18-200. I put 4 other lenses on it and it did not do it. At the camera store same results. And their 18-200 was the only one...
I was out shooting Long exposures the other night with my D7000 with the Nikon 18-200. I kept getting red noise on the right side of the images (like image had a red gel that faded out). These were at High ISO's so I dropped the ISO and it was better. After trying a few things, I found my...