I actually started with a long time-lent Canon Powershot A95, which I shot with for a whole year, but then I was given my very own Nikon D60 with the kit zoom – 1st of April 2010, my photographic anniversary. 🙂
I didn't know much at all about cameras at the time, and it felt really special when my parents, who gave me the camera, explained that they chose Nikon because they both used Nikon (FM2Ns!) back in the days. Just a few months later I sold the D60 to upgrade to a D90, and a few months after that I upgraded to D700, and during that time I started shooting film as well...
...and here I am now, having recently calibrated a Nikon S2 rangefinder all on my own and closer than ever to completing my medium format Nikkor collection! I've got my hands on quite a lot of rare and desirable equipment over the past 2 years, but that Nikon D60 will always be remembered as the first step into a whole new world, I'm sure.