Image capture import to dated folder

Is it possible to use the auto-import feature of Image Capture to create a created date folder to import the images into?
Thanks in advance for responses!
John

For other reasons I've turned off the auto rotate in my camera and rotate them before importing into iPhoto. A slick tool for that is PhotoToolCM, a contextual menu plugin that can do lossless rotations and EXIF data edits, capture dates, etc.
I'm not a professional but I've done a number of edits on a jpg which caused it to be slightly re-compressed each time and I've not seen any problems. Admittedly my largest prints have been 5x7 but it's not something I really worry about. Pros usually shoot RAW so they wouldn't be affected by jpg re-compression.
I am surprised at the amount of reduction you're getting. I've seen some modest size reductions due to editing but none as large as you've reported. I'm not getting any with my Canon. What camera are you using and what's the sensor size, i.e. MP? Do you find a difference is size between the landscape and portrait files?
If you're importing directly from the camera try using Image Capture on a bunch of test shots, both landscape and portrait, and upload to a folder on the desktop first. Then import that folder into iPhoto. You can then compare the size in the folder to the resulting sizes in the Original folder, unless you've already done it that way.

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