Deleted Image Capture and iPhoto...oops...Now What?

Hi, all. Like the title suggests, I removed Image Capture and iPhoto from my computer several months ago, thinking, "when will I ever need to hook up a digital camera?" Heh. The installer disks are with my parents several hundred miles away, and so getting them re-installed that way would be at best a hassle, plus it appears that iPhoto can't be re-installed once deleted without the original version installed to upgrade from. So, now what? Is there some place I can download Image Capture, in particular? I'm not a big user of iPhoto (hence the deletion), but getting Image Capture back would be...good. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Greg Turnipseed

Hi, Allan. The versions of iPhoto I tried to install came off the OS installer disks. I'd tried installing the version that came with 10.3 with the intent of running Software Update and pulling it up to the latest version (I still have the 10.3 disks here), but it didn't work. I also tried installing the version that came with 10.5 the last time I was at my parents', but it claimed that it couldn't find a copy of iPhoto to upgrade. I'm sure with iLife, that wouldn't be a problem, but I haven't purchased iLife.
I was afraid the only place to find Image Capture would be on the installer disk. I'll pester my parents for it the next time I'm down there.
Thanks for your help,
Greg

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