Camera not working in Macbook (2012)

I have macbook pro I purchased last summer (2012) and this summer the Camera is not working. Whenever I open Photobooth or Facetime It says "there is no camera connected." Anyone know how to fix this problem???

Once in a while this issue can be resolved by resetting the SMC:
Intel-based Macs: Resetting the System Management Controller (SMC)
Otherwise the machine needs to be serviced.

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radarina wrote:
When I turned on my MaBook the green light next to the iSight camera turns on and when I open PhotoBooth it shows a blank screen. I tried to restart but the green light stayed on. Any suggestions on how I can fix this?
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