PHOTOBOOTH video camera with slash through it--non usable

I have a slash through my video camera and cannot use photobooth for either video or still photos. How can I correct this? Thanks.

This is the iPhoto forum:
Try posting here
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=802
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TD

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