My iSight light is permanently on - but photo booth won't work??

Just got my macbook, and since I turned it on the isight light has been on. Then I tried to open photo booth but the screen is blank and its capable of taking the picture but there is no image. Anyone know what is wrong with my isight camera or what I can do to fix it? the light is on but its not taking pictures what is wrong with it?

Well, I don't have quite the same problem, but I may be able to help. What happens to me is that I sometimes turn my Macbook on, then my light will pop up at boot up. To fix this, I usually just shut down, and reboot. However, it always comes back.
To help you, this is what I think you should do. Power down the Macbook, and unplug any power supply to it. Take out the battery and hold down the power button for 5 seconds (I usually hold it in longer just to make sure). This fixed my problem for about... 4/5 days. But it always just comes back.
I'm praying Apple is working on this somehow... but with the arrival of the new Macbooks, I'm worried we all might be out in the rain with this one, because a lot of apple users are having this problem.
I hope the battery trick works for ya though! If not, you may need to take it in. Good luck!

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