IPhone4 stores only less than 3GB of photos/videos

Hello All,
I have a 16GB iphone4, I now realised that it stores only less than 3 GB worth photos/videos (HD) and then says that there is no more space left.
When I check through iTunes it says 12.3 GB of photos, 1.17 GB apps and 0.06 GB Others, and nothing free...
But when I copy this to my machine the folder size is less than 3 GB -:(
Should it not be able to store much more ?
Once I had 120 photos + videos
and another time 75 photos + videos...
I know the length of the videos matter, but again the storage in size should be much more than 3 GB, right ?
Any information is appreciated !!
Thanks in Advance !!
Best
Naresh
PS - I am at the moment upgrading the OS to see if that helps

please ignore this question, Iguess I had created another library in the phone which I had forgotten about.
Thanks for reading !!

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    [Process completed]
    The intervals between parts won't be exactly equal, but they give a rough indication of progress. The total number of parts may be different from what's shown here.
    Wait for the final message "Process completed" to appear. If you don't see it within about ten minutes, the test probably won't complete in a reasonable time. In that case, press the key combination control-C or command-period to stop it and go to the next step. You'll have incomplete results, but still something.
    12. When the test is complete, or if you stopped it because it was taking too long, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
    At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with the words "Start time." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
    If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
    13. When you post the results, you might see an error message on the web page: "You have included content in your post that is not permitted," or "You are not authorized to post." That's a bug in the forum software. Please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
    14. This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak for themselves, not for me. The test itself is harmless, but whatever else you're told to do may not be. For others who choose to run it, I don't recommend that you post the test results on this website unless I asked you to.
    Copyright © 2014, 2015 by Linc Davis. As the sole author of this work (including the referenced "Diagnostic Test"), I reserve all rights to it except as provided in the Use Agreement for the Apple Support Communities website ("ASC"). Readers of ASC may copy it for their own personal use. Neither the whole nor any part may be redistributed.

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