Indeed, mystic, I don't quite get the hair-splitting myself (other than that arguing over minute details is often quite fun).

Genre purists could argue all day about whether artistic looking nudes belonged in the pin-up gallery (along with the NVIAT's that didn't end up in fantasy); likewise, I'm sure we could debate which images did or did not belong in horror.

Quite a few images containing Poser content (and presumably posed in Poser) that were nevertheless rendered in other software still get posted in the Poser gallery.  There do not seem to be any hard and fast rules.  But it does sometimes give the wrong impression. It would be nice to see a gallery dedicated to Poser's rendering.

Whether or not someone has the money to buy the best content isn't any more relevant that asking whether or not they can afford the best rig.  In that sense, "in camera" does limit people with less powerful machines to much simpler images, as compositing very complex imagery in multiple layers would be a nightmare to do within Poser itself, notwithstanding the possibility of rendering a bunch of background layers pasted onto props and so on.

As for who posts in the galleries and why and whether or not the rules are fair... does it really matter?  We weren't talking about a competition with a cash prize, were we?  Just some galleries. Gosh.

Maybe the Poser community would be better heading over to Flickr...

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PoserPro 2014, PS CS5.5 Ext, Nikon D300. Win 8, i7-4770 @ 3.4 GHz, AMD Radeon 8570, 12 GB RAM.