Isight camera on the blink-ideas?

My camera keeps shutting off and won't return: then suddenly after a week or two it reappears> How do I turn it on?

Apple has now published the "OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.5 Supplemental Update" to resolve the mid-2013 MBA known camera issue (and a few others.) Installing this update now should resolve your camera problem. Apple recommends the OS X v10.8.5 Supplemental Update for all users running OS X Mountain Lion v10.8.5. 
Apple also recommends that all OS X v10.8.5 users apply the updated
(3 October) OS X Mountain Lion Update v10.8.5 (Combo).
Message was edited by: EZ Jim
Mac OSX 10.8.5

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