Structure of folders in 'original'

Hello,
as I import old photos in my iphoto-library some folders will be placed in the right folder in original (e.g. year 2002) but some of them will be placed in 2007 although they were taken earlier.
The EXIF-Data of the photos is correct.
What might be the reason and how can I change this?
Moving the folders in 'original' will cause confusion in iphoto.
best regards
bruegge

bruegge,
Select Library from the Source Pane. Then do View > Film Rolls. Find the roll that contains the photos that were taken in 2002. Select the roll and see what it says in the Info Pane (lower left corner). If the roll date is set to 2007, this is why they are in the 2007 folder. You can type in the info pane to correct the roll date, which will correct the year folder. If a roll contains photos from multiple years you can select some photos and do File > Create Film Roll to separate them.
Another trick, courtesy of Dave E., is to select the film roll (it has to be open where the thumbnails are visible) and do File > Create Film Roll. This can cause iPhoto to read the correct dates and behave more appropriately.
Regards.

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