ISight - black picture only

Suddenly when using Skype Video the iSight picture on my office iMac Intel 17" running 10.4.8 went black. I thought it was Skype, so I quitted and tried again. Same result. I also tried iChat, iMovie and Quicktime but the picture remained black. I tried restarting, but got the same result.
Has the iSight died or is it in a coma ?

Seems to have cured itself after a shutdown and some time of rest.

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