I was introduced into photography by my aunt, who donated me her old Canon AE-1.
I was way too young (I guess 16 or 17 and had the atttention span of a rubber band) at the time to appreciate an analog SLR, where everything is manual except for the light metering. So iso, aperture, focus and selection of the film is all up to me and I love it!
For the time being analog is my thing, but I've only started carrying my camera around since september '08, so who knows what's next.