Nikon D50 with iPhoto 6

Hello!
Does anyone have experience using iPhoto for downloading images from the Nikon D50? When I connect the camera to the computer, the system recognizes the SD card rather than camera - "Lexar media" appears rather than the camera name.
How can I download into iPhoto and then do a second download from the camera directly onto the Hard Drive?
Any other tips from experience would be appreciated.
Thanks!
David

David & Paul
I also have the D50...I believe the name 'nikon D50' is added to the card when you format it from the D50 itself. It functions as a card reader...and will reflect the name of whatever camera was used to format it. So, if you take the card which was formatted from a Canon P & S, and insert it into your D50 and then connect to your mac...it will read 'Canon xxx'.
For battery life, I would recommend you get a card reader...I've noticed a huge improvement in the number of frames I can take w/ the D50 since using the card reader to transfer files instead of the camera.
Also, if you want to copy the files to your computer more than once, there are several ways to do it. First...don't have iPhoto delete the pix...then use Finder, select the 'Nikon D50' and select and copy the pictures you want. The second way I've used, and somewhat faster, is to use finder, navigate to the iPhoto library, then to 'originals' and then to the year and roll # or name you used for the import...select and copy to wherever you wish to have them.
hope that helps.
john

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