My photos are all in the camera roll - as that was the only place they could be with all previous versions of iOS. I don't do any iPhoto sync as I use Lightroom. I manually import from the iPhone to Lightroom every now and then - it would be nice if Apple allowed other apps to plug into the photo sync process. I don't think I'll ever use iPhoto (quite dislike everything about it) nor Aperture (very backwards asset management).

No jailbreak ATM. I want to test everything first to get a baseline before I do that.

And I definitely could not start a manual sync (from the phone) without the iPhone plugged into power. Only after connecting it, then having it pop up in iTunes and then disconnecting could I get the manual sync button to stay enabled.