Plugging in camera no longer starts iPhoto

Hello,
Recently I found that plugging in my Canon S2 IS no longer starts iPhoto.
I see that in System Profiler, the camera shows up as a USB device, but Image Capture does not show that the camera is plugged in.
I have tried to:
- Use a card reader (which used to open iPhoto),
- Remove Image Capture and iPhoto .plist files,
- Use a different USB port,
- Plug in the camera when a different user is logged in,
- Recharged camera batteries,
- iPhoto repair (Shift+Option on start)
- Try a different, new SD card,
none of which starts iPhoto.
My current workaround is to use a card reader, manually mount the card with Disk Utility, start iPhoto, and manually import files. Not ideal.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
PowerMac G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Thanks for the suggestion, but the Image Capture setting was always set to open iPhoto (left that bit out of the original description).
As an experiment, I changed the option to open Image Capture, closed Image Capture, then plugged in the camera. Nothing happened. I then changed the option back to use "iPhoto".
Image Capture displays "No Image Capture device connected." even when the camera is pluggeed in.
PowerMac G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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