I came across clubsnap when i first got my camera as a birthday gift from my dad. It was a compact camera at that time. Wanting to explore ways to remove noise from Panasonic camera taken pictures i was introduced to this forum. A brief search and i notice it was also from another forum i used to visit which is hardwarezone. Then i was 15 when i registered my this account. It taught me some Photoshop Technics to reduce the noise and also learn on more photography skills.... I was exposed to dSLR, but it was beyond my reach as a student. I saved up and got myself my first prosumer-camera after review from members here. it was a FZ50. Tho it can not be compared to a dSLR, it was relative good for usage and i learn more, there was even a FZ50 group and we shared pictures~ I also attended the Clubsnap workshop the same year, i still have the card with me till today! It was a great exposure and i learn from a senior call Ed, oh well he had left us for a better world but ya, its the friendship and great outings to shoot bird which i appreciated. Also not forgetting the outing we got, people did not look down on me as a prosumer user, while they are all using dSLR...
2 years down the road, there were great reviews on D300 which was my first dSLR, i learn and pick up the skills to do more complex this which my previous camera could not... understand lens and reading reviews, more importantly the price guide was once a great help. sadly not much follow up is made these days, but it was great effort and i understand the pain doing it....
now i had my full-frame, after also paying respect to this site first before my purchase, i would say Clubsnap is a one stop photography place to get great reviews and sharing! it had seen me grew from a 15 years old till a 23 today, that's nearly a decade!
