No camera access in Flash 11 on OS X Lion

Hi,
I've looked around and haven't found seen many issues like mine but I'm hoping I'm not the only one.
I just upgraded from 10.3 to 11 and no matter what I did my video camera (built in isight) on macbook pro 2007 never turned on. Even though it asks me for permission to use it and I allow it too.
Everything worked just fine in 10.3
Here's what I tried:
1. Uninstall 10.3 using the uninstall tool provided by Adobe
2. Install 11 using the latest download from Adobe
3. Uninstalling the Google Talk plugin (I saw posts on the net about a possible issues..but i never had this with 10.3)
4. Rebooting
Still nothing..black screen and no cam access.
I always use http://www.koowy.com for video cam conferences and had to go back to 10.3 to get my cam to work. I reinstalled Google Talk plugin and it all works fine with 10.3
Hopefully, this is a known issue and will be fixed.
I'm on OS X Lion, MacBook Pro (2007), Both FireFox 7.01 and Chrome and Safari 5.1 are effected.
Playing videos works perfectly it's just cam acess that seem broken.
Ultimately, I am back at 10.3 for now.
If there is any other information I can provide, let me know.
Thanks,
- Tim

Here is my System information:
Like I said 10.3 is working fine but 11 won't turn on the camera even after allowing access in the popup dialog.
Anyone on 11 have their camera working?
Operating System
Mac OS X 10.7.1
Machine
Model Name:          MacBook Pro
Model Identifier:          MacBookPro3,1
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2.4 GHz
Number of Processors:          1
Total Number of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          4 MB
Memory:          4 GB
Bus Speed:          800 MHz
Display
Chipset Model:          GeForce 8600M GT
Type:          GPU
Bus:          PCIe
PCIe Lane Width:          x16
VRAM (Total):          256 MB
Vendor:          NVIDIA (0x10de)
Device ID:          0x0407
Revision ID:          0x00a1
ROM Revision:          3175
Built-in ISight
Product ID:          0x8502
Vendor ID:          0x05ac (Apple Inc.)
Version:          1.55
Serial Number:          C06F6777316DDC29 (03.00)
Speed:          Up to 480 Mb/sec
Manufacturer:          Apple Inc.
Location ID:          0xfd400000 / 3
Current Available (mA):          500
Current Required (mA):          500

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