New Photos Lost when Loading them from Camera to IPhoto

Heres the story. Have a new Powerbook G4, Fuji S7000 Digital Camera, and a Scandisk imagemate Disk Reader for my XD Card. I've used this camera / drive with my PC for a couple years with no issues on importing....but with my Mac, it seems that if I take a group of pictures, and then wait a day and take some more and go to import them are lost. The photos will show on the camera as being take as I always check to make sure I got the shot....but its happened to me twice on my honeymoon where i've taken about 10 photos, and plugged my XD card into the Scandisk reader to import them....and the new photos are GONE. The pictures I'd taken the day earlier are still there...but the new ones are no where to be found. When I remove the disk and put them back in the camera to see if they are there....they are removed from there also. Help!!! I've lost some amazing photos and am getting "spooked" about losing more or even thinking about loading them onto IPhoto. any help / suggestions would be appreciated.

Hi Bill,
Until you or someone here can figure out what is going wrong I suggest using Image Capture to download your images. I also suggest you not to use the option of having Image Capture or iPhoto "delete the photos from the camera after downloading" You should always delete the photos from the camera yourself after you have seen they have downloaded safely to your computer.
Using Image Capture to download images and video clips:
Open up Image Capture which is found in the Applications folder.
When it is opened, go to Image Capture/Preferences
Under the General button choose
Camera: When a camera is connected, open Image Capture.
The next time you connect your camera Image Capture will open.
In the window that opens you will see an Options button. Click on that button to set your options.
To find out more about Image Capture (it can do a lot more) Click on Help in the menu bar when Image Capture is open.
iPhoto: How to Change the "Open Automatically" Preference
If you find you can't change any of Image Captures preferences or can't access any drop down menus or they are greyed out, check to make sure Image Capture is loose in the Applications folder and not within a sub folder.

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