Exclamation point pops up when viewing photos??

I just imported a set of photos from a new camera that I haven't imported from before. I can see all the pictures when scrolling through the album, but when I double click one to open it larger I get this big exclamation point image. iPhoto also fails to show the same set of pictures in an iPhoto slideshow, although it shows them in a screensaver-slideshow fine. It can't be the format, because they're JPEG just like all of my other pictures. What's wrong?

The ! turns up when iPhoto loses the connection between the thumbnail in the iPhoto Window and the file it represents.
How to progress? Depends on the version of iPhoto. If it's 09 or later:
Option 1
Back Up and try rebuild the library: hold down the command and option (or alt) keys while launching iPhoto. Use the resulting dialogue to rebuild. Choose to Rebuild iPhoto Library Database from automatic backup.
If that fails:
Option 2
Download iPhoto Library Manager and use its rebuild function. This will create a new library based on data in the albumdata.xml file. Not everything will be brought over - no slideshows, books or calendars, for instance - but it should get all your albums and keywords back.
Because this process creates an entirely new library and leaves your old one untouched, it is non-destructive, and if you're not happy with the results you can simply return to your old one. .
Regards
TD

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