Used USB camera connector, wiped out all synced data

I used the Apple USB camera connector this morning. After syncing my photos (from an iPhone) all of my synced music and movies were gone. All previously synced photos and the new photos were present. However, all other media I last synced with iTunes is gone.
Does anyone know why this happened. I'm using the most current iPad iOS ver. I'm not a happy camper, it's going to be a long flight back to the U.S. from Europe without my music and movies

An Apple Genius explained the problem... Apple needs to let its own products play together better.

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