Cannot Import in Aperture 2.1 - not a camera or connection problem

Ive tried 2 cameras, 3 different USB leads and every time Aperture 2.1 does not show the import path or the images on camera to import, Aperture shows an image of the camera top left & produces a blank grey box that appears every time the mouse is moved then disappears in a cyclic manner.
Window, show activity - reports nothing
Tried, shut down, restart etc & even re-installing & recover from vault, none of which have worked or even changed the problem.
Checked preferences but cant see anything obvious import related
Apple, if this a software issue I really need a solution ASAP please.
Connect both cameras to Windows XP using same leads & both work fine, I shoot raw 12 bit NEFs & .jpg on other camera and have imported successfully in the past so this is not a post update or new installation problem, it has worked in the past absolutely no problems with both cameras.
Thank you

In reply to both,
No I havnt just upgraded, Aperture 2.1 worked perfectly well the day before & had done for some time with a variety of cameras, & then yesterday PM, refused to import images with this grey box appearing and disapearing.
I have always imported images using direct camera connection, its worked very well with all versions of aperture.
I couldnt even import images locally from the hard disc so not camera related.
Therefore I have done a complete bare metal restore from Time Machine to yesterday 10.00AM which now works, theres some Java update nagging to get installed but its going to get ignored because that may have been the root cause of it all.
Thanks for posting anyway
N

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