I like Cararra for rendering, scene composition and lighting.  I like poser for character clothing and posing.
If you have other DAZ products (like Bryce), DAZ will give you a 'crossgrade'. A discount on purchase of Cararra or other software. If you're a platinum club member, you're most likely going to get another discount.

A year or two go, taking advantage of things like that, and sales I manages to snag C5 Pro for around 50 bucks, and upgraded to 6 Pro since then.

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