HT4890 download photo from my iphone

Question

How do I download my photos from my Iphone to my PC?

Answer 1

MattCa, just to take this further: there seems to be no rational way to move photos off an iphone to a PC using Apple software.  H ell, you can't even SEE the photos on a phone from iTunes, IME.
(iTunes?  Not iPhotos? iVideos?  iMovies?  iSMSMessages? iSpoken-Word-Podcasts?  There really IS more in this world than bleedin' 'Songs'.  Grr.)
I've done what you suggest - I do it frequently - using Windows Live Photo Galley, the best photo management program not on the market, IMO. I've downloaded them, edited them, deleted some, and generally played around.
But how do I now backup and preserve the original photo data? How do I do it again, for posterity?
And what is a graceful way to delete photos from an iphone?
Yes, there's Ardwych's Iphone as a device, and Internal Storage, DCIM below that, then randomly-named folders beneath that.  My file manager, Total Commander, can't see any data other than the filenames of jpgs and movs.  Windows Explorer can see more, like dates created and modified.
However, Windows 7's Backup and Restore can't see the iphone device, nor can my Paragon Backup and Recovery program.
I could use Windows Explorer and copy one of the Computer Ardwych\AW’s iPhone\Internal Storage\DCIM\823WGTMA-type folders to a scratch space and back that up. 
I notice that to find the oldest files - those I'd backup and remove first - I can't sort by Date Created: Windows can't understand the data, mixing up file types and dates.  Instead, Date Modified has to be the sort criterion.  I have to inspect all folders to find where the oldest files are lying.  I hope the dates don't overlap folders...
Then I'd like to know if I can just delete one of those random folders.  H ell, I'd like to know if I could put one back - just to know..
This seems to me to be a highly convoluted way to safeguard and make friendly Steve Jobs's personal appliance.
Is there some way simple?