Okay fairly fast processor with lots of ram (1.2 and 512) I am working on a fairly big image .. and it has to be rendered to disk so I can out put at poster size .. just for kicks I set up a depth of field test render .. very small 432x291, and I took out the whole far back area of the image to cut the file size .. so I only have my foreground and the middle... let it render over night ..10 hours later still not done but from what I can see I would LOVE the effect sob .. BUT as it stands this is just not an option .. I mean it would take a month or so to render LOL.. my question is has anyone played with the settings and found a way to render a "depth Of Field" in a decent amount of time?