IPod won't transfer photos

I just got back from Jamaica and have over 600 pictures I need transfered to my iBook. Because I knew my 1 GB card in my camera wouldn't be enough for the entire trip, I bought an iPod Camera Connector before I left to upload all my pictures to overnight. I tested the adapter several times before I left to make sure it worked--and it did.
However, after connecting my iPod to my computer today, it didn't work. It took iPhoto several minutes before it even read the iPod and was ready to start importing. And when I was able to choose "Import," it soon gave me a message saying all 600+ JPEG files were unreadable (and it gave a list of all the file names, so I know they're there). So the pictures never transfered from my iPod to iPhoto. Now when I plug my iPod into my computer and have iPhoto try to import the photos it just says "Working..." and never does anything.
Please, I really need someone to help me with what's going on. I have over 600 pictures that are probably the best pictures I've ever taken. Luckily, all the pictures still show up on my iPod--now I just need them on my computer.

Any help here?
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93446

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