Signature capture not working in Preview

When I go to Preview's Preferences>Signatures>Create Signature, the window for aligning and capturing the signature with my Macbook Pro's iSight camera opens, but the camera itself will not come on. The camera works fine in other apps (e.g. Facetime). Any suggestions would be much appreciated!

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