I have had Poser 3&4 for 6-7 years now and am thinking of getting back into using it again, I like to do still artwork using Truespace/Poser and Bryce and Post Process in Corel Photopaint.

I am wondering whether to spend $100 upgrading to Poser 5 or spend a similar amount at DAZ on better models for Poser 4.

My instinct is to go for the greater power of Poser 5 with its supposedly better clothing features - I can spend hours on P4 trying to get conforming garments to conform all over. However I note that the Victoria/Michael models are much more detailed than even the P5 default humans. I also read somewhere that P5 renders much slower than P4 with the DAZ models.

According to DAZ themselves their models are optimized for P4 and are not fully supported by P5, so the path of upgrading and later adding a DAZ model or two may not be sensible.

I would appreciate guidance from forum members on the pros/cons of each option and personal experiences with P5 and Victoria/Michael.

Cheers