IPhoto 5 is being indomitably slow

Hi, I'm using iPhoto 5 and for the past few days it's been acting so slow that it isn't even worth bothering to use. It takes about 5 seconds just for the scrollbar to move one notch, and opening individual photos takes even longer. I have 2000+ photos in my library, but I know people who have a heck of a lot more and don't have this problem.
I also don't have too many other memory-heavy programs open -- iTunes, MS Word, and Safari, that's about it.
If anyone has any advice I would really appreciate it!
Thanks,
Caroline

Caroline:
Welcome to the Apple Discussions. What camera are you using? See this thread regarding slowness.

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