My FaceTime camera is fuzzy

I just bought a new MacBook Air and the camera on facetime is really fuzzy and the picture is terrible quality. What can I do to fix this?

I posted the same after the ML upgrade on my MBA. Facetime, Photobooth and iMovie using the built in camera are all horrible. So I donwloaded Skype just to compare and found it to be perfect when using the camera just as it was before the upgrade to ML on the above mentioned programs.
I noticed that every time I start Facetime, that in the Apple System Log (ASL) Messages there will be a log entry as follows:
com.apple.AVconference: -isWidescreen: Built in iSight does not support HD

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If you are trying to use Flash based web sites that you open in your browser, there is no difference in operation regardless of whether your webcam is being viewed by a PC or by another Mac user. However, if you are having problems with Flash sites, verify that your Flash plug-in is the latest one that is compatible with your system.
• You can find the latest Flash version that works with your OS X 10.7.3 using this page:
      http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
If you need to update, use your Mac's Disk Utility to repair permissions. Then follow Adobe's instructions here: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/908/cpsid_90893.html
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• Be aware that the current Flash Player Preferences can be configured in your
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Mac OSX 10.7.3

I am having problems with my burst mode on my iphone 6 plus it is slower than the facetime camera after i updated to ios 8.3 apple please fix this issue i am fed up with all your mistakes

i am having problems with my burst mode on my iphone 6 plus it is slower than the facetime camera after i updated to ios 8.3 apple please fix this issue i am fed up with all your mistakes

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FaceTime camera low quality, not recognising screen flash.

Sorry if this has been mentioned previously in another thread. But is anyone else experiencing this from their MacBook Pro? I have an early 2013, Retina MacBook Pro that I purchased at MacMall in March. Since I purchased the laptop, I have noticed that the picture quality is really bad and that the Photo Booth screen flash no longer is picked up by the FaceTime camera like it was on my previous unibody MacBook Pro from late 2008. Is anyone else having the same issue?
I have gone to the Apple Store to get it repaired, the Genius recognised the problem and submitted the laptop to have the screen repaired and the clamshell replaced. Once I got the computer back however, the problem was still not resolved. I took it in once more to the Apple Store, this time I was helped out by two other Genius members, but they told me they could see no discernible difference with the picture quality compared to the other MacBooks in the store. They also said that the flash was working even though it clearly is not.
I called Apple again after I left the Apple Store with no resolution and spoke to a Customer Sevice Specialist who thought the problem was uncommon and she had me download the Capture Data program to send to the engineers. She also had me do a clean instal and she requsted that we would do a partition and try the camera again. I did the clean instal, which took an hour or two of my time. She did not get back to me after about a week or two, so I contacted Apple again and was assigned to yet another Specialist. This time he made me do everything over again. I did the clean instal. I did the partition. I sent Apple the Capture Data several times. He promised me he would get to the bottom of this and find solution. The engineer determined that I needed to uninstal CleanMyMac2 and MacKeeper from my computer because the programs might have been deleting essential data require for the camera to operate properly.
However after deleting the two programs from my MacBook and following the Specialist's instructions, the photos on my FaceTime camera still came out dark, the camera still did not pick up the built in screen flash.
My photos look like the ones below regardless of whether the flash is turned off or on.
After a day or two, the second Specialist called me back and told me that the engineer he was working with determined that the screen flash feature built into Photo Booth is a novelty feature. That is, a feature designed by Apple not to work properly. Has anyone else gotten a resolution from Apple on this? I just want my FaceTime camera to work properly on my premium Apple product. I mean, I did spend a lot of money on this and I want it to work as advertised. Any advice or suggestions on this would be helpful.
All the creepy photos below were taken on my MacBook Pro Retina with screen flash enabled and disabled via the PhotoBooth application:

Here is an image taken on my 15" MacBook Pro Retina. Notice the blurry quality of the photo. The colours are dull.
Here are an image take from the 13" MacBook Pro Retina I bought as a gift. Notice the photo is crisper and the colours are more vibrant.

Quality of facetime camera is so bad

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My facetime camera in my iphone 5 takes much better images than the imac's.
Even worse are the results if I take photos in photo booth. The size of the photos are about 200kb!!!
Is there any possibility to adjust the settings of the camera?

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Reinstall Facetime application.
Check system profiler for your inbuilt iSight camera by looking at Hardware > USB > Built in iSight.
Perform an SMC/PRAM reset:
SMC RESET:
Unplug all cables from your machine including the power cable. Hold the POWER button for 10 seconds.
Plug all cables back in and boot machine.
PRAM RESET:
Locate COMMAND+OPTION+P+R Keys.
Turn on the Machine.
Hold down these four keys.
Until you hear the startup sound for a second time.

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If you open the recovery drive (partition) it should only have a single folder (Recovery).
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See:
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take this in to have looked at?

Here's a clearer photo. The lens does not appear to match up with the cut out or something beneath the glass seems to have slid over. I guess I can always just pop into an Apple store and ask them about it, but I was wondering if anyone else's looked like this.

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In Final Cut Pro, there's an option to "import" the FaceTime Camera. BUT, it only works with the built in mic on my laptop.
I also found a window for recording audio voiceovers That one lets me pic the mic, but doesn't have an option for video.
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- Jack

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"New" iPad and iSight / Facetime Camera

Will the "New" iPad, with it's 5mp iSight camera support better video for iChat than the 2nd gen iPad?
I'm a bit confused because Apple states that the Facetime camera, "FaceTime camera with VGA-quality photos and video at up to 30 frames per second camera.
Is the front camera using the same optics as the rear, thus Facetime video chat quality will be irmproved?
Thanks

rjt4re wrote:
How do you set it up to use the rear camera with Face Time?
During the chat, click the camera switch icon (located to the right of the "End" icon.) Each time you click the switch icon, it toggles the camera front to back and vice versa.
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Mac OSX 10.7.4

Macbook air FaceTime camera is horrible

macbook air FaceTime camera is horrible, anyways of doing FaceTime better on this ...

JILLS 4m Guildford wrote: ... please can you provide me with any suggestions on the external camera, most of them doesnt even get detected .....
(1) http://www.mac-compatible-web-cam.com/
(Apple has changed the built-in camera's name on newer Macs from "iSight" to "FaceTime" and then to "FaceTime HD." Regardless of the name of your built-in camera, the same info and troubleshooting applies.)
(2) However, first try restarting your Mac, modem and wireless router.
(3) If restarting does not solve your problem, quit all internet connected apps except the browser and check your internet speed with http://speedtest.net/
Slow internet or having multiple computers, a game box, VOIP box, or even multiple apps on one Mac sharing your bandwidth can cause poor video chat quality.
Whoever you video with should also check their speed. Video quality depends on speed of the internet connection at BOTH ends.
(4) You can test your camera's video quality with Photo Booth.
If the picture it makes is better than your FaceTime video, your camera is NOT your problem.
If the images shown by your camera are all blurry, check to see if the lens cover (near the green light) needs to be gently cleaned with a soft cloth -- NO LIQUIDS.
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Mac OSX 10.7.4

My facetime camera is out of focus

My facetime camera is out of focus

Is the lens clean? The front camera is fixed focus.
Try:
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Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
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- Restore from backup. See:
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