Importing duplicate photos

In iPhoto 4 it was easy to just import NEW photos from a digital camera. Photos already located in the iPhoto library were NOT imported by simply clicking "no" when asked if you wanted to import duplicates. This feature seems to be missing in iPhoto 5. How can I import only the NEW photos from the camera and not also import every photo currently in the camera and in my library?

Hi Kay, my other idea is to use Image Capture. It has the Option to "download some". In the next window shift click each photo you want to download. They will be downloaded into your Pictures folder. You can then import them into iPhoto from there.
Using Image Capture to download images and video clips:
Open up Image Capture which is found in the Applications folder.
When it is opened, go to Image Capture/Preferences
Under the General button choose
Camera: When a camera is connected, open Image Capture.
The next time you connect your camera Image Capture will open.
In the window that opens you will see an Options button. Click on that button to set your options.
To find out more about Image Capture (it can do a lot more) Click on Help in the menu bar when Image Capture is open.

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PhotoSweeper - $9.95 - This app can search by comparing the image's bitmaps or histograms thus finding duplicates with different file names and dates.
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Duplicate Cleaner for iPhoto - free - was able to recognize the duplicated HDR and normal files from an iPhone shooting in HDR
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duplicate annihilator - http://www.brattoo.com/propaganda/
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I've done a lot of searching and can't seem to find the answer. All our photos live on my laptop. My wife's laptop has some of our photos but also a lot of ones for work. I'm trying to give her the complete set of all our photos.
I did some tests and found the "Import duplicate photo?" dialog box very helpful. So I went through and compared our libraries but there were thousands to compare. So I decided to make a folder on her desktop of all our photos from my computer. My theory was I could simply import all the photos and iPhoto would detect the duplicates and I could choose to not import them. It doesn't seem to work, I did a couple tests and all the duplicates got through.
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