IPhone 4 - iPhoto issues

Hi,
I have an iPhone 4 (my 1st iPhone) and when I connect it to iPhoto I've had issues, I've read about email attachments (and pics not taken with the actual iphone itself) etc so I've deleted them but it hasn't solved my problems…… let me explain:
When my iPhone is connected to my Mac and iPhoto is open if I go to the > menu bar > Photos - everything is greyed out (except my rating) should I be able to go to Camera Info?
I'm asking this because I want to create a smart album but when I go to 'Camera Model' on my smart album the only cameras listed are: Canon EOS 350D, Fuifilm FinePix E500 & Sony C902 (my previous phone) How do I add my iphone to this list?
I did have issues getting photos off the album initially and had to use Image Capture, I'm hoping not to have to do this again.
Any help is greatly appreciated (as always)
Cheers
Pete

I was encountering this on the developers' beta of iTunes 9.2 on a gigabyte-sized iPhone 4 movie. (I am in Developer Program.)
I just reinstalled with the standard iTunes download and was able to do a successful import directly from the phone.
Perhaps an iTunes reinstall can fix it for you as it did for me.
-- Andrew

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