Duplicates when importing pictures from my camera

Every time I import photos from my Nikon D5000 I get two of every picture. The only discussion I can find on this topic says to make sure the date and time setting on my camera are correct... they are.
Any ideas how to stop this?
Thanks!
Dave

Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
I'll make a wild guess here and suggest that your camera is set to shoot Raw+ Jpeg. Check your camera settings.
Regards
TD

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