IPhoto cannot read my Kingston 8GB card

I posted an issue under iMac
https://discussions.apple.com/message/17073733#17073733
that probably should have been posted to this iPhoto community. I have a new Kingston 8 GB SD card that formatted fine in my Canon SD-1200 digital camera. The problem is I cannot get the card to mount on my Apple iMac running OS X 10.7.2 with iPhoto 9.2.1. What is weird is I can get my wife's Apple MacBook Pro to mount the card. 
My iMac does not not have card slot so I have to use an iConnect USB adaper that works fine on the iMac with a Kingston 2 GB SD card.  I maintain iPhoto on on the iMac so I am dead in the water because I cannot get the iMac to mouth the Kingston 8 GB SD card
I now suspect the iConnect SD Card Reader/Writer may be the weak sister

I agree the weak sister is the iConnect SD Card Reader.  As a test the 8 GB Kingston SD card can be read using the card reader slot on the Mac Book Pro; however, the same MBP cannot read the 8 GB card using the iConnect Reader. 
I pulled this data from the MBP's System Information and it looks like the Alcor Micro Corp device is the problem child.  Maybe Santa will put a new reader in my stocking
Mass Storage Device:
  Product ID:          0x6331
  Vendor ID:          0x058f  (Alcor Micro, Corp.)
  Version:          1.02
  Serial Number:          058F0O1111B
  Speed:          Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer:          Generic
  Location ID:          0x26200000 / 3
  Current Available (mA):          500
  Current Required (mA):          250
Internal Memory Card Reader:
  Product ID:          0x8403
  Vendor ID:          0x05ac  (Apple Inc.)
  Version:          98.33
  Serial Number:          9833
  Speed:          Up to 480 Mb/sec
  Manufacturer:          Apple
  Location ID:          0x26500000 / 2
  Current Available (mA):          500
  Current Required (mA):          500

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