Share 'What hardware and software do you use for video production?'

I am rather curious about the types of cameras/ and software that you all use to grab your video clips and then to manipulate them. We are using flip cameras at our school and so far the quality has been good and they are so easy to use. However, one of the girls in my class was downloading video from her mobile phone (cell phone) today. The videos were upside down when they were replayed, but sh…