IPhoto ocassionally imports photos as blank.

With a Sony DSC-WX150, for the first time, (ie this hasn't happened before), iPhoto imported about 25 of 107 photos as black images rather than the photo itself.
I followed the suggestion in:
iPhoto will not import some jpg files
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2273454?start=15&tstart=0
and I was able to work around the problem, but this cannot be considered a long term solution. 
I'm using iPhoto11  (9.2.3) on OSX 10.7.4 on a computer that is 3 months old.
Is there some setting on the camera I can change that will help me avoid this problem?

I was directed to this discussion by a friend:
iphoto imports upright photos as black
That led to this exterior link:
http://www.philmug.ph/forum/f19/fix-iphoto-black-portrait-images-84679/
Which I tried, and it seems to work.
Basically,
  -- select all the black photos after importing them
   -- rotate them with command-R
   -- revert to original photo
There is some EXTF information that seems to be changed when you do this.  No one has yet fitured out what that is.  Most were complaining this error was new to iPhoto 9.3, but I am using 9.2.3.

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