Recording via iSight, but alternative sound input?

Hi everyone,
I have a question that I suspect I know the answer to, but don't want to believe. I am wanting to record something with my iSight, but as the sound quality is too poor for what I want, I would like to record the audio from an external mic, that I use for my podcast - not the iSight mic.
Is there a way to do this? I have searched through these forums and couldn't find an answer, so I apologise if this has come up before.
Lucas
iBook Mac OS X (10.4.4)

Definitely the iSight mic. I changed the settings in the system prefs (I hadn't thought of that!), but when recording from the iSight, it was still the iSight mic.
I think the sound quality is exaggerated by the fact I don't have the camera up close, but even when I do, the quality isn't as good as I want. It picks up too much room noise.
It isn't anything important - as I hope to be buying a video camera in the next couple of months. I am just making a couple of sample shows for a vlog I am hoping to do by the end of the year that will supplement my blog on Japanese cooking.

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