Why camera/cards open in iPhoto?

I have both iPhoto and Image Capture set to not do anything when I attach a camera.. But if I put a card in the SD slot on my iMac or attach any camera, iPhoto opens.. Why does it do that when I have it in the prefs not to...? Thanks

What version of iPhoto? Of the OS? What has recently changed?
Try inserting the card and changing the iPhoto preference to open in iphoto and quit iPhoto then redo and set back to do nothing
LN

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