Importing only some photos from camera to computor

My Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT contains 550 photos, according to my iPhoto window. My PowerBook G4 hard drive does not have enough space on it to accommodate my importing all those photos. There is nothing in the iPhoto window or menus that offers a way to import fewer than all those photos, much less send them to my external hard drive.
I downloaded the appropriate versions of Image Browser and Camera Window, but neither of these acknowledge the existence of my camera. Advice?

Hi Charles,
You can use Image Capture to import your photos. You can choose where to download them to and create a new folder to download them into.
First you need to open Image Capture and in the Preferences have it open when a camera is connected. When you next connect your camera, under the options have it download the photos to a connected external drive.
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.
iPhoto: How to Change the "Open Automatically" Preference

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