Photo booth is black

worked when i installed, and the 1st day with the widget mirror. now, the screen is black, though i can see some images faintly. looks like it's not getting enough light, though nothings changed in my room. thanks.

Hello sanchinhan
i tried several of the suggestions... not all of them yet ...
We will watch for your status update as you try the others.
Cheers,
EZ Jim
PowerBook 1.67 GHz w/Mac OS X (10.4.11) G5 DP 1.8 w/Mac OS X (10.5.1)  External iSight

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