IPhone 4 uses 6gb of space for 2gb of photos

I have just synced 2gbof photos from my PC to my iPhone 4 but iTunes is showing that photos is using 6.1gb of space. Why would this be and how do I resolve?
I have the iPhone 4 with os 4.1
on my laptop I have win 7 with iTunes 10

Hello! I'm having the same problem - itunes shows I have 8GB of free space, but when I check on the iPhone 4 I only have 4,5 left.
My problem is with music...
Anyone?

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