Keeping everything in perspective though, I'd still say Carrara's quite a bit faster than Poser when it comes to rendering reflections and shadows. And it's easier to work with than Vue. I'm wondering what other renderers are out there that are quick and give decent results? Will probably try free Shade demo, or maybe the Luxus plugin. Overall, I'm mostly happy with Carrara, and it'll work fine for what I need from it, but still worth checking out some other options as well.