Syncing photos Question

Trying to clean up my photos. I created a folder and put only the photos I want on my iPhone into it. I then connect my 4s to iTunes and go to the photos tab and choose sync selected folder and choose the folder. The problem is all of the photos were added to Photo Library and then it also added the folder name I synced to and added the same photos in there too. So now I have Camera Roll, Photo Library and a NEW folder. I just want camera roll and my new folder. How do I delete all of the photos and just get the ones I want on there? I used the exact same process with my iPad3 and it worked fine.

Well I got the iPad today and can confirm the photos sync is not a windows only problem. I have a Mac and am having issues. I will refer to the other thread to see if there is a fix. Also, I don't think that the new iPad screen is quite as good as the iphone 4, there's a slight subtle yellowish tinge to it. Is this normal or is mine faulty. It's fairly subtle but enough to amke me notice it straight away, and gets more noticeable if you look at the screen from a slight angle. The greater the angle you look at it from the more yellowing there is.

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