Iphoto 6 and Panasonic DMC-FX37

Hi Everyone
I wander if you might be able to help me with an issue I have with a new digital camera and iphoto 6.
I use iphoto 6.0.6 and I have recently upgraded my digital camera from an Olympus 410uD to a Panasonic DMC-Fx37 and found that the pictures of the Panasonic are only visible in the main Library (size 5394 pictures). If I look in any of the iphoto default folders such as Last 12 months or year folder 2009, the Panasonic pictures do not show up. In fact the only way to get the pictures to become visible is to create a Smart Album for just the Panasonic, using the camera model as a way of selecting the pictures. I first noticed this quirk when I had synced my IPod. The iPod does not Sync the main Library but only the iphoto and user generated ones. By creating a smart album for the Panasonic pictures I have managed to back up the photos to the iPod, but the problem of iphoto recognising the photos in the default folders is still unresolved.
Can anyone shed any light on this problem or I am stuck with this?
All answers gratefully received.
Kind Regards
Working Man

Hi TD
Thank you for your assistance todate and as you seem to have taken as interest in my iPhoto problems, I thought I woudl post you an update. I followed your advice and downloaded iPhoto Library Manager and went ahead and rebuilt the Library. Everything was going to well until the build process was cancelled when rebuilding last one or two rolls - the rolls that contain the FX37 files. The result was iPhoto shut down and produced a log saying that the following files are corrupted (FX37 photo files). The files are still in the main Library and can be pulled together as a smart album under the cammera name and edited at will, but the dates are not recognised and therefore it does not show up when trying to search for these in the main Library. Another quirk is that the last two film rolls are out of sequence with the previous ones, so roll 261, 262, then roll 454 etc.
I intend to try the following:
1 check iPhoto with my older camera to see if pictures from this import correctly. (thereby elimnating the iPhoto; and
2 check the SD card inside my Panasonic FX37 and try it in my Olympus and then reimport a test picture;and
3 check the panasonic camera with a different SD card with a test picture;and
4 Back up the FX 37 photos and delete from the main Library and reimport;or
5 Create a new library and reimport from the back up.
Any Advice would be gratefully received.
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