I started with a Canon AE1 which I used and loved for 20 years till it finally gave up and wouldn't work anymore. I then moved to a Pentax ZX7 which I also had fun with.
I held on to film for as long as I could, but found the cost too great as I was taking more and more pictures and going through tons of film and processing. Then once I decided to move to digital, I bought my Nikon D50 and have had so much fun with it. I can't see myself ever going back to film cameras.