Importing photo from my ipod ios3.1.3 to iPhoto

Hi,
I'm looking for a convenient way to import (backup) all pictures from an iPod Touch (1st generation) running iOS 3.1.3 into my Mac HD.
I tried several things, even connecting the iPod to a Windows 7 computer and failed so far.
Last attempt made was using iPhoto and connecting the iPod on my iMac (Mountain Lion OS X), while the iPopd device appeared, I couldn't see any picture to import, like if the iPod was empty (while it contains several MB of pictures).
I tried with iTunes, but I'm prompted to upgrade to iOS5 version and the backup taken seems so fast and small (less than 2MB) that i could't believe the picture will be recovered after the iOS upgrade.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Xavier.

You are right, I should have realized the photo were synced from an old computer to the iPod, hence counldn't appear in iPhoto nor any file browser the iPod was USB connected.
As the number of photo was low (320), I finally selected the image/copy, paste into email to move them out of the iPod to my iMac and it worked.
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