SD card won't import into Aperture, auto-ejects when trying to load preview

Tonight, after installing Leopard, I tried to import photos from an SD card through my SanDisk reader, just as I always have, and as soon as Aperture tries to display previews of what's on the card it causes the card/reader to auto-eject, and I get the message stating that the disk was not removed properly...
So, how do I get my images in Aperture now?

Yes. The card mounts on the desktop.
There may be mixed formats on the card, not sure.
Definitely 1080/24fps
Maybe a few 1080/30fps.
If I use ClipWrap or Media Converter will the files remain at the same level of compression?
No loss of quality from original file?

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