It depends. :-)) There are some effects that will definetly will let explode render times. Effects like volumetric lights/atmospheres, transparencies, imported objects with a lot of little facets etc. Our record here is a render time of around three weeks - in Bryce. An image with thousands of transparent objects. My average render times, i would asume, is around 12 hours. But only for final or maximum broadcast quality - and a size of 800x600. And not on the slowest possible Mac. So don't worry, be happy :-))

One day your ship comes in - but you're at the airport.