Problems importing from camera - hardware related?

I am having problems importing from my new Olympus EP-1 through USB. Aperture hangs, iPhoto does not recognize the camera and Image Capture does not complete the task. The only way of retrieving the photos is through Finder.
I have tried importing the same photos to my wife's MacBook using iPhoto, and that went smoothly.
How likely is it that this is a hardware issue? And how can I find out? I haven't had any problems with my USB ports.

Try using image capture in your applications folder
Also if the camera mounts to the desktop try getting the photos that way
once you have them off use the camera to format the memory card (it is recommended that you use a USB card reader and do not use iPhoto to delete photos but format the card each time after the download is complete)
LN

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