Photo clips - duration keeps reverting

I am making a stop-frame animation and have all the photos in iphoto. I import them into imovie and try and adjust the clip duration. I'm looking at 0.2sec for most of the stills but some need to be longer. When I adjust the timing in clip adjustments/duration it either ignores this setting or replaces it with 0.04sec.
I have installed all updates and even reinstalled imovie (restart). I'm also sure that KB effects are off. Is this a glitch?
Don't make me take all this on to Sony Vegas on the PC!

The first thing to check is iMovie/Preferences. Do you have a check mark next to "Display Time as hh:mm:ss:frames" (recommended)
If not, you can edit to the nearest 1/10th of a second. If you have this checked, you can edit to the nearest frame (25 per second for Pal, 30 per second for NTSC). So .02 is not 2/100 of a second. .02 is 2 frames out of 30.
You cannot edit to less than 1 frame.
I think you may be right that there is a limit of 4 frames. Jon Walker has posted a workaround, but it is kind of tedious of you have thousands of these. [here it is|http://web.me.com/jrwalker4/QuickNotes/iMovie08-09/Entries/2008/4/25_Tutorial024.html]
You may want to use QuickTime Pro. This [MacWorld video|http://www.macworld.com/article/141637/2009/07/timelapsevideo.html] discusses time-lapse, which is similar.

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In iMovie/Preferences, make sure to check "Display Time as HH:MM:SS:Frames". This will allow you to edit to the frame level. .5 seconds in NTSC would be about 15 frames. Set the duration of the photo to 15.
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To change the duration of a clip depends on whether or not in the Photos Pane, the Ken Burns option is turned on or not.
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