cv2.videocapture.read() does not return a numpy array

I have this code trying to capture a frame from my webcam on raspberry pi, and saving it as an image. I use opencv 2, but I get strange errors when I run the code..

import time
import sys
from subprocess import call
import cv2

cam = cv2.VideoCapture()

while True:
        cam.open(-1)
        image = cam.read()
        cv2.imwrite("current.jpeg",image)
        time.sleep(10);

This is what the program returns:

VIDIOC_QUERYMENU: Invalid argument
VIDIOC_QUERYMENU: Invalid argument
VIDIOC_QUERYMENU: Invalid argument
VIDIOC_QUERYMENU: Invalid argument
VIDIOC_QUERYMENU: Invalid argument
VIDIOC_QUERYMENU: Invalid argument
VIDIOC_QUERYMENU: Invalid argument

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "kvamskogen.py", line 18, in <module>
    cv2.imwrite("current.jpeg",image)
TypeError: <unknown> is not a numpy array

What is wrong here?