Photo Booth Displaying Blank Images

It's been a while since I last tried using Photo Booth and now when I open it up, the screen is blank. That is, my camera isn't projecting an image -- even when on the effects pages.
I've seen some info about how to try and troubleshoot, but it was for user's who have iSight. Having the MacBook Pro, obviously the camera is built in so that doesn't apply. I did go and remove my preferences from Home > Library > Preferences, but that didn't solve the issue either.
Has anyone else had this problem and were you able to resolve it?
Thanks.
-kurisu

Thanks for the info.
My camera does work in iChat (just did a video chat w/ the parental units on Sunday), which was why I was shocked to see the video not work in Photo Booth.
Guess I'll be making a trip to the apple store.

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