Good messenger?

Does any one know a good messenger that can use my iSight and the microphone as well? I've tried Adium (don't think it has this feature), Mercury (can't seem to find voice feature in there), and Microsoft Messenger (which has neither video or voice). Are there any more messengers that have the features I want? Thank you in advance.
2.0 GHz Intel iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.6)  

Hi, Jon.
Have you tried iChat, which is bundled with Mac OS X? IChat and the iSight are designed to work together.
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Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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