How can I delete phantom/duplicate photos off my iPad?

Ever since I updated to iOS 6, I noticed that every photo in my iPhoto library appeared twice on my iPad. So I went into iTunes and unchecked Sync Photos. This should have deleted all photos from my iPad, right? Well, it didn't: all my photos are *still on my iPad* (there's only one of each photo now, though). This is taking up a lot of space. How can I get rid of these photos? I tried deleting them directly from my iPad, but it won't let me.
I even tried rebooting the iPad, then connecting it back to iTunes. It still has "sync photos" unchecked. So logically there shouldn't be any photos at all on my iPad. But there are. How can I get them off?

Never mind, I got it. AFAIK, it's a bug in iOS 6. It went away after I played around with iTunes for awhile. I did this:
- Told iTunes to sync photos individually by album.
- Made sure I had all the albums deselected, so logically, 0 photos should have been synced.
- Synced with my iPad a few times to make sure the phantom photos and albums went away. It took a few tries, but I got it.
- Then synced again to put all my photos back onto the iPad. No more phantom photos or albums or duplicates.

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How to Transfer Photos from an iPad to a Computer
http://www.wikihow.com/Transfer-Photos-from-an-iPad-to-a-Computer
Importing Personal Photos and videos from your iOS device to your computer.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083
iTunes: Frequently asked questions about viewing and syncing videos
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2729
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http://tinyurl.com/85w6xwn
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