Renderer: I agree with you. I am also a hobbyist and I can't justify paying $70 more to have blurry reflections. I loved the upgrade to Carrara3, it was full of new features and enhancements. Carrara was following a path that was exciting and had a bright future. The biggest problem that I see now is going forward. I am sure that all the cool and neat new features in future releases will only be available in the pro version, where they will charge big premiums, leaving a stale standard version that will start looking mediocre as 3D development moves forward.