Thanks for the inpputs. I will try some of the things mentioned once my current (completely different) render finishes. Sometimes tomorrow judging from the current speed of it L 
Heh the worst thing about Poser being ABLE to finally use DOF ext without choking is.. I tend to use it. And while it LOOKS great.. it also multiplies render times.. sometimes ad absurdum... but well.. it looks nice L 

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