IPhoto 9.1.5 wrongly reports insufficient Disk space available

I just upgraded from iPhoto 8, (due to a magnified pic viewing issue and no rebuild option with OS 10.6 installed ... I fixed that with the upgrade, but...)
Am now experiencing an incorrect report of insufficient disk space when trying to copy pics from a Ricoh GRD camera into the iPhoto library. Meaning I cannot upload the JPEG files. I'm using an iMac with Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.66Ghz, 4GB Ram and OS 10.6.8 on board. All software updates have been applied. And before you ask there is 250Gb free on the disk and only a 2Gb memory card in the camera. I have already repaired the disk permissions and tried rebooting after the updates.
Any thoughts most welcome. Many thanks! Andy.

Finally fixed this issue by deleting the "originals" folder - which was damaged by the update process, and replacing it with the same folder from an 09 version back up which I had in time machine... new files will now copy correcty and old files will open in the full size window.
Reading several support threads got me to check the contents of the "modified" folder, which had worked normally after the update to '11 - I just didn't realise it. Even files which have only been rotated are re-saved in the "modified" folder. When the library was updated these were copied over correctly. The "originals" were not.
Meantime, I've had an issue with the iMac 20" 2009 model crashing with graphics-intensive operations (Such as when running Minecraft, Google earth, Safari & etc). This took ages to figure out - it appears to be caused by an update to SnowLeopard 10.6.3 as many othes have experienced, and the issue is caused by the Nvidia graphics chip (Geforce 9400) drivers being incompatible with - or not included in - the OSX update.
It was solved for me by uploading the drivers needed directly from the Nvidia website, as I learned in another thread. You must first load the Nvidia "Cuda driver", and then the package of drivers "Nvidia retail Mac Driver 256.02.25f01" Open the package contents to get past the incompatibility warning dialogue box and run the install programs manually one at a time. A couple of restarts should then enable the drivers to operate. The system preferences pane will also be updated with a Cuda dialogue. As many 2009 iMacs will now be out of Apple care warranty this shouldn't be a problem - if you still have Apple care then this is not recommended and you should take the machine to Apple (who might replace the GP card with a later version). I understand these drivers may have to be re-loaded or replaced with updated versions as each new OSX release comes out, at least until Apple decides to include them again. I understand they are not yet available in the OSX 10.7 Lion upgrade... however Lion is supported by Nvidia. I don't want to suggest built in obsolesence - more likely this is an oversight by Apple. You can draw your own conclusions, but getting under the hood like this should really be the preserve of Microsoft enthusiasts IMHO.

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