Import from camera always duplicated

newbie (and mostly frustrated Mac owner needing help, please:
Finally got my older digital camera (Sony F505) usable with my Mac, but when importing into iPhoto (using capture?) it always duplicates pictures. Why?
What can be done do stop the duplication of the same image?
Thanks!
Sandy
mac mini   Mac OS X (10.4.8)  

I'm still somewhat befuddled, but making headway. Most of the pictures I have in my library were in iPhoto '05 and had been modified (I think) when I installed '06. Anyway, I just tried to put some more photos on (grandkids are visiting, and the pics are coming fast and furious...) iPhoto imported all the "old" ones, but when the process got to the photos that had been imported for the first time on '06 earlier today, it stopped and asked if I wanted to import duplicates.
I also noticed that all the newly imported photos are already highlighted, which made it easier to delete them as a group.
I obviously paniced, assuming the worst, when I first started the import process on my brand new version of iPhoto. After I settled down, read some of the other posts on the forum, and started fooling with it I'm getting more comfortable -- I think I'm suffering from being behind the learning curve. (It also would appear that Apple may have fixed the glitch and that the only duplicates not recognized are from the older version of iPhoto.)
Anyway, Sandy - I apologize for elbowing in on you. I didn't mean to hijack your post!! Welcome to the (mostly) wonderful world of Macs and this forum. Good luck in solving your problem!!
Linda
iMac   Mac OS X (10.3.9)   PowerBook G4 17", OS 10.4.5

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