Iphoto won't import my pictures from CD or DVD

I've spent all day trying to import all my photos from my G5 iMac to the new MBP but so some reason it won't let me "import to Library". All the photos show up then I click FILE - IMPORT TO LIBRARY - iPhoto Library - import. It reads "unreadable Files" the following file could not be imported (the file is in iPhoto Library folder). I've been racking my brain all day and I can't face calling up Apple care for an hour of stress. I also tried loading some pictures through my Sony T1 camera and the USB don't seem to accept. This is all working perfect with my G5 iMac so is their a problem because its the latest version of OS X ?
Help me please....
Paul.

What format are the original images - jpg gif bmp ?
Try opening iPhoto and then drag the image files individually into the iPhoto window to Import ?
In iPhoto/Preferences/Advanced, have you checked "Copy files to iPhoto Library folder when adding to Library" ?
And, there seems to be a problem with that camera/OSX ...
References:
http://www.apple.com/macosx/upgrade/cameras.html
http://www.macfixit.com/search.php?query=&keyType=&platform=Mac+OSX&type=&topic= &mode=search&productID=13097
http://www.macworld.com/news/2006/11/24/sonyccd/index.php

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