I like both MAX & Carrara myself.  Both offer such crispness and clarity that Poser's Firefly just can't compete with.

I currently only have 2 images in my gallery here (I'm always deleting everything and rebuilding) but they both were rendered in MAX9 and I really like the quality of the lighting, shadows and realism.

Carrara imports Poser scenes perfectly and it's lighting outshines (LOL!) Posers 10 to 1!  Same with MAX but takes a little more work with the materials as they usually need some tweaking after coming out of Poser.

Gerard

p.s. don't look at my gallery pics if large breastedness scares or offends you!!  

The GR00VY GH0ULIE!

You are pure, you are snow
We are the useless sluts that they mould
Rock n roll is our epiphany
Culture, alienation, boredom and despair