Quote - Not all Photon renderers are biased. Maxwell and Indigo are unbiased. :) (at least I think Maxwell is unbiased...I know Indigo is). Anyway, Maxxmodelz gave a way better reply. Hope that gives you an idea of how it compares to Poser.

Right.  Maxwell and the others, like Lux, using photon tracing, or path tracing, which is different light transport method than mapping.  Mapping is accurate only depending on how many photons are used to achieve the correct solution.  The more photons, the more passes, the more accurate the results.  These unbiased renderers don't require a specific number of photons.  They basically use whatever it takes.  Which is why they are considered slower, but results are consistant and always realistic.

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Tools :  3dsmax 2015, Daz Studio 4.6, PoserPro 2012, Blender v2.74

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