some of that is some what confusing to me still as im .. new to the CCD imaging world. I think my exposure is long and bright enough, I was testing on a white wall from about a foot or so away, with a fluorescent light over head, I also tested about a foot away from a blank white computer monitor, (is that too bright?) and I was using 5 second exposure times.
ill double check my numbers, but with that type of exposure test that I just stated, if my mean is above 55000 and my max is hitting 65535, that should be sufficient? but the closer I can make the mean to the max the better? - so mean of 63000 and max of 65535 would be better than 55000/65535
thanks for your fast response, the help is appreciated!
-Tyler