For what it's worth, I started out with Poser a number of years back (version 2 I think was the first I used) but when DAZ Studio got its act together with DS3 I was tempted away to Studio by the bright lights...

Studio's interface does appear better than Poser's, IMHO, and I've had some fun with Studio BUT I've recently come back to Poser and (for the time being) ditched DAZ for the following reasons:

• the quality of rendering in Poser2012 is so much better I think, if you use the EZSkin scripts, etc. Yes, you could use Luxrender but, as has been pointed out, it is so slow and, as a balance on speed and quality Poser wins out over DAZ every time in the rendering stakes.

• Poser is more flexible in what you can do with textures and materials in the Materials room.

• Dynamics are better in Poser and not dependent on the Optitex system used in Studio where you are largely dependent on others making dynamic clothes for you.

• Poser is, I think, a more reliably supported product: for ages Studio didn't have dynamics, then it was (and still is) largely figure dependent; although Genesis is undoubtedly a great figure there are serious problems with converting footwear from earlier versions, etc.

• Although the DAZ people and the forums are responsive - in my previous experience, as good as anything here at Rendo, I was really hacked off by what they did with the new web-site.

So, on balance for me, it's Poser that wins out. But as others have said, give both a try and see what works best for you.