Unable to mount Camera as external drive

I have three cameras which have not had any problems connecting prior to the latest update to Mountain Lion 10.8.2: Sony NEX-3, Samsung NX100, and a Toshiba Camileo H30.
The NEX-3 is recognized by image capture and iPhoto, the other two are not. I want to mount the camera as an external drive, though it appears that Apple has removed this functionality from Mountain Lion. Is there a workaround for this? Some setting I am missing?
Thanks for your help.

Does your Maxtor allow alternative connecting--firewire or USB. Try the firewire in particular.

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