IPhone 4 - photo storage space not being freed after deletion

Hi all,
Wondering if anyone could help me with this - I'd be incredibly grateful!
I've got an iPhone 4 (32GB) and I ended up taking so many photos and videos that they were taking up over 16gig in total (I have well over 3,000 including lots of videos).
Anyhow, they were only on the camera roll, I hadnt synced any photos through folders etc., literally just had my camera roll. Anyhow, I have deleted all of these photos but for some reason they are still being recognised as taking up over 16 gig of space on the storage bar when I connect it to itunes. I've also gone into 'settings' and 'about' and whilst its acknowledging that the photos arent there in numbers, its still saying I have only 9gig left which is ridiculous as I only have like 12 songs on there!
Any suggestions on what to do - I've tried doing a restore from backup, a soft reset etc. etc. I really don't want to do a factor reset as I will lose all my notes etc which would really irritate me.

Here's a Solution which works 99%.
After giving up on studying various sources on this topics and trying to delete it from my iPhone 3GS, I gave a last chance and Vualá!
A quick tip: simply clean your DCIM folder it via iFunBox. If not familiar with this keyword, read below:
Step by step Solution:
download latest iFunBox;
install it on your PC, run it, connect your iPhone via USB;
Click on GENERAL STORAGE, then get back to Media folder:
Open DCIM folder:
Select ALL folders in DCIM, right-click for sub-menu, choose DELETE:
Wait until is done, disconnect you iPhone, go to Settings ... Usage, scroll down until you'll find Photos and tap on it.
At last, you must see a 0 bytes of taken space:
Enjoy.
And please FB Share it, Twit it, Pin it...   just spread the word, as seems this issue been discussed all over, but never was easy way to solve it.

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