Hi there Antonia! You (or I) have great timing. I just put together a mini-tutorial/how-to on doing just what you want. You can scoot right over to the "Poser Python Scripting" forum and look for the "Restarted Wish List" thread. I explain my method at the very end of that discussion (as of 5/17/04.) I've also created a small .pdf file with a few screen captures with the same information in it. I'd be happy to send it your way if you want. Just send me a message here on Renderosity with your email address. Note that I'm using a Mac, but I believe the .pdf file will be readable on a PC without any problems. As a side note, there is a Python script which calculates the distance between the camera and whatever object/figure/prop/etc. is selected at the moment. This comes with Poser 5 for Mac, but if it doesn't come already loaded for the PC version, someone here can most certainly point you in the right direction. The method I came up with this weekend involves parenting a transparent plane parallel to the camera viewing plane. Moving that plane along its z-axis will tell you what the focal length is AND graphically show you where the focus plane will be. I'm trying to think up a way to show where the Near Focus and Far Focus planes can be displayed as well. Still, just having the Focal Plane visible is a tremendous help when setting up DOF renders. I hope this all helps! :) Lee