Deleting groups of photos?

Question

I want to delete all of the photos off of my iPhone that I've taken with it. But I don't want to import them either. How do I do this, without having to go through the Camera app and delete them one-by-one? I tried doing it via iPhoto, but iPhoto doesn't seem to let you delete photos off of the camera, save for the options where you "Import, then Delete."
(You're probably saying to yourself, "why not just do that?" Yes, it is an option, and it's probably what I'll do. But I don't get why I'd have to go through the steps of saving them to my Mac, then going through and deleting them, when I simply want them to go away. Furthermore, it trashes my "Last Import" folder, filling it with photos I don't care about when I'd be much happier seeing my last "legitimate" import in that folder.)
Thanks.
Message was edited by: GregM

Answer 1

The iPhone does not support disk mode and since a situation like yours or someone interested in wanting to do something like this was/is probably considered rare, it wasn't considered as an option with the iPhone but namely with iPhoto or Image Capture.
To prevent having import all photos into iPhoto and deleting from there, launch the Image Capture application.
At Download To:, I couldn't find a way to go directly to the Trash so select Other via the pop-up and create a new folder via the Finder window - on the Desktop. Select Options and then select Delete items from camera after downloading and select OK. Select Download All.
When completed, delete the folder from the Desktop.
You're probably saying it would be faster with iPhoto as is and this doesn't help and maybe so but this is another option if you prefer not using iPhoto for importing and deleting the photos.