I think DAZ really has a chance to pick up the ball and run with it in the future. I've gotten really good results from Poser 5, but I don't use any of the stock models that come with it (except maybe the cube and flat plane from Props) - they're all DAZ figures and 'Rosity add-ons. I picked up Mimic2 today, and it's really promising, so I have high hopes for DAZ Studio, since they also make most of the core figures I make images with. If Curious Labs had worked with DAZ in the development of P5, things might be different now, but there's a lot of people who prefer to keep using P4. I hope that Poser does keep evolving, but without some of the key names who put a lot of blood and sweat into it (like Larry and Steve), it's just not quite the same. I think we all learned from P5 not to sing praises from software that's not on the shelf yet, but DAZ Studio is on the horizon, and I haven't heard anything about Poser 6. At least we've got something to look forward to! Just my two cents... -Jeff