IPhoto says iPhone pics are improper format

For some reason, when I try to import from the iPhone to iPhoto, only two pics show up in the thumbnail view (actually, just frames where the pics would be) even though I've taken many more.
When I try to import, iPhoto tells me that the pics are improper format and cannot be imported.
Any clues? (phone is 2.0 but not 3G)

I have this same issue. When opening iPhoto 7.1.4 with the iPhone (v 2.0 software), pictures that have not yet been imported into iPhoto appear as gray outlines in the main window. Attempting to import new images results in an error dialog box stating that pictures were not imported due to improper format. I also get a list of the images not imported.
These images show up fine in the iPhone Photos app. I've imported to iPhoto from the iPhone many times before with no incident. Other users have reported this issue recently -- some fixes suggested:
1) reboot the iPhone (turn off by holding the sleep button on upper right until the shutdown slider appears. turn off the iPhone, then turn on again.)
2) reset - hold down the power and home key simultaneously.
3) trash the iPhoto prefs (haven't tried this yet)
4) rebuild the iPhoto catalog (I'm using a third party app from FatCat software to make a backup and new catalog now -- it's taking a while)
http://www.fatcatsoftware.com/iplm/
There doesn't seem to be any official Apple fix for this problem, although it seems to be related to the 2.0 upgrade. I don't have enough info to be able to pinpoint the cause or a proper fix yet. More when I do. I'm getting rather irritated at Apple's high-handed Microsoftian approach to user problems these days. Their "knowlege base" is usually useless. Thank god for user forums!

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