Camera shutter doesn't open

The shutter will not open on my iphone camera. It works fine if I switch to the front-facing camera, but when I switch back to the rear camera the shutter is closed.
The same thing happens in instagram. I have closed the camera app. I have done a reset.
Does anyone have any other suggestions? Or does it sound like a hardware problem?
Thanks.

Basic troubleshooting from the User's Guide is reset, restart, restore (first from backup then as new).  Try each of these in order until the issue is resolved.

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