Glacially-slow import from camera

I am using iPhoto 7.1.3 on a dual 2 GHz PowerMac running 10.4.11 with 2 GB RAM. Tons of free hard drive space. Importing photos from my Panasonic DMC-FZ10 camera, formerly (3-4 months ago?) taking about 2-3 seconds per photo, is now taking a glacial 14 seconds per photo. I have not changed iPhoto or camera settings in interim. What gives? How can this be speeded back to previous normal?

Nathan,
Thank you for your helpful reply. The answer to your question is "no", and I will try that. But meanwhile, I found that the new iPhoto feature to separate into Events on import must have been auto-enabled when I did my iLife update a couple of months ago. I disabled it, and now importing seems to be back to the 2-seconds-per-photo range it was pre iLife upgrade. I'm also using a different chip, so this is not yet conclusive evidence. i.e. it could be the slow import was specific to the chip I was importing from earlier. I'll try to run some tests in the next day or two.
Jim

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