FaceTime resolution

After upgrade to Lion OS, the FaseTime app opens in a very low resolution and out of focus.  However this issue gets resolved only when iChat is opened and the switched to preferences for video, the resolution and auto focus gets corrected in FaceTime. I would like to find out if there is a way to have FaceTme work correctly without this trick with iChat.

Jack Oak wrote:
just wondering if anyone knew what the resolution of the images being transmitted during facetime is for both the front and rear facing camera and what is the maximum frame rate...
thanks for any info.
See the specs here in the top right corner http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

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