Restored my iPhone, Photos are gone. Where do they reside?

Hi,
I have time machine running and wonder in what folder my photos from the camera roll are located. The roll is gone after I restored my 3G iPhone for iOS4.
Thx

If you are backing up your Mac drive, probably. But...
The backup I was referrring to is the one itunes makes each time you sync your iphone.
When you lose your camera roll and have not performed an import to your mac (as if from a digital camera), the backup is the only place the photos reside. To harvest them, you must do a restore from the old backup (itunes-created backup), import the photos and then restore the iphone.
Your camera roll must be imported to your computer, just like a digital camera would be imported to your computer.

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