Why won't MacBook import photos after connecting to camera?

Ever since I loaded Snow Leopard on MacBook, IPhoto does not work the way it did.  The camera connects with mac but eventhought it is trying
to import pictures, it never succeeds.

Reinstalling is a good idea.  I suggest you use Disk Utiity to repair permissions both before AND after the reinstall.  Then test again.
If your problem remains, verify that you are following all intructions from here: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=iMovie/9.0/en/mov39f84bc2.html
If the only camera you can see in the Choices Bar located at lower left of the "Import from Camera" window  is iSight, i.e., if your camcorder is not one of the available choices,
check your connections or try a different USB cable.

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