Mac won't "see" my camera

Hi,
When I plug my Nikon camera into my Macbook, nothing happens. No icon on the desktop or anything. I have loaded the Nikon Transfer CD and just downloaded an update. But still, nothing. I emailed Nikon's tech support many days ago but they are very slow to help.
Please does anyone have any ideas?
Someone did tell me that I should try a card reader, but I am about to go travelling for a few weeks and don't want to have to carry more stuff. However, it would be nice to download my photos.
All other USB devices (memory sticks, external hard drives, printer, iPod etc) work absolutely fine. But the Mac doesn't seem to "see" my camera when I connect it.
Thank you.

Great. Image capture worked. Thank you. However, (1) is it okay that I just switched off the camera and then unplugged it? (there was no icon to drag into the bin to eject), (2) now I have an annoying little window that I can’t close telling me “no image capture device connected”.
Not sure how I change the default from whatever it is now to Nikon? Maybe that would make a difference. But it’s strange that the Nikon software doesn’t work.
Thanks everyone

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