Duplication of photos

I use a freestanding SanDisk multi-purpose memory reader in perfect working order. Plugged directly into my USB port...been there nearly a year.
I recently purchased a Nikon D80 that uses SD cards.
I shoot everything in RAW/standard with my 10.2 mega pixel camera. I placed the Memory Card into the SanDisk Reader and opened iPhoto. To my amazement iPhoto said I had twice the images I shot? When I checked after the download it Duplicated each image. i.e. I shot 125 images on one card it gave me 250 in the Album.
Two questions:
1. Eliminate the duplication on the initial Download - keep in mind it does not ask to eliminate duplications on the first download only the 2nd and thereafter.
2. Is there anyway to check the Quality of the downloaded images to make sure all the pixels shot are being placed on the computer. In-other-words first generation quality.
thanks

iPhoto only imports the files from your card, in exactly the same condition as they exist on the card. It does not duplicate. It does not reduce quality or lose pixels. Check your camera's manual. The most likely cause of the duplication is that your camera gives you a simultaneous RAW and jpeg (or tiff) file for each photo you shoot. Your camera probably has a control where you can turn this feature off.
You can check your camera card. Click on the Finder's icon in the dock. Your card should be listed as an external drive in the left column of the Finder window, somewhere below your Macintosh HD. Set the Finder window to column view and click on your card to display its contents. My bet is that you will see the duplication there, before you ever import to your library. Click on a file to see its information in the next column; you can check the pixel dimensions if they are reported there with the Preview.
I import from a card reader as well. You can ignore the initial iPhoto "Importing" screen and click back on Library in the Source Pane. Choose File > Import to Library, then navigate to the camera card. You can preview the files on the card, select only the ones you wish to import, and import directly into the iPhoto library. This gives you complete control over your imports and prevents you from importing duplicates.

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3 - launch iPhoto and try again.
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If you can't edit them in the new library you may have to reinstall iPhoto. To do so you'll have to delete the current application and all files with "iPhoto" in the file name with either a .PKG or .BOM extension that reside in the HD/Library/Receipts folder and from the /var/db/receipts/ folder,
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Then install iPhoto from the disk it came on originally.

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