Photo Booth and iChat etc. aren't reading the built in iSight

I've got the new Macbook, but for some reason whenever I go to iChat or Photo Booth or anything else that requires the built in iSight it gives me the message: There is no connected camera.  So the LED light won't go on and I can't figure out how to turn the camera on.  I recently got Flutter and it turns the camera on, but for some reason even when the camera is on for Flutter iChat and Photo Booth still don't read the camera as on.  I'm very confused and I'm hoping you might be able to tell me how to get it working. 

Try this
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93240
and try a reboot.
Best of luck.

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    Welcome to Discussions, bigtsez
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    Hi asheeshapple,
    Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
    If your MacBook Pro is not recognizing the iSight camera in FaceTime or Photo Booth I would recommend reading over and working through the troubleshooting steps in the Built-in iSight cameras section of the attached article. 
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