Display is using my Mac's camera... not its own!

So I've got a new 24" LED cinema display and everything is connected properly. However, for some reason, whenever I go to use the iSight camera, it uses my Mac's camera instead of the display's! The USB cord is connected and everything! Ideas? Thanks.

Tylko wrote:
In ichat go into preferences, then go to camera. You will be able to change which camera you want to view (either display or macbook pro). For photo both just click the camera in the menu bar. You will have the same choices as ichat. If neither of these show up restart your computer while being plugged into the your screen.
Hello, Tylko
For clarity to OP and other readers, I offer the following regarding this part of your suggestion:
For photo both ... You will have the same choices as ichat.
That is not true on my Mac.
My Photo Booth ONLY uses the first connected camera it recognizes that is not already in use. Clicking the camera in the my Photo Booth menu bar when multiple cameras are connected results in NO DIFFERENCE from the same action when only one camera is detected.
Even when multiple cameras that work properly with other apps are connected, Photo Booth does not allow a camera choice on my PowerMac G5 no matter where I click.
While it is true that iChat offers a choice of cameras, if what you post is true, there is a major difference between your Photo Booth for iNtel Mac and the Photo Booth that runs on my PowerPC Mac.
EZ Jim
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