Importing media--camera missing (and media)

I've successfully imported many times from a Canon Vixia HGF10 onto an external Lacie drive but this time after finishing and disconnecting the camera the media disappears and I get an error message in fcpx that the "Camera is missing". When I go to the event folder on the desktop however I can play the media via QT. What's going on? Thanks!

cperrin wrote:
I'm using version 10.0.06
then follow advice given in the manual, about Import
http://help.apple.com/finalcutpro/mac/10.0.6/#ver1632c669
and if it annoys you, that iPhoto pops-in, everytime you insert your SDcard, goto your Systems Preferences (under the Apple upper left), under Hardware/CD&DVD, you can switch-off any automatisms.

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Model Name:          MacBook Pro
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