OK, this is freaking ed. Using ES File Explorer I can peruse the directories and see the files and pics just fine. The file structure is
/sdcard/DCIM/100BURST
and
/sdcard/DCIM/100MEDIA
Now when I hok up to my PC (Win7, 64-bit) and select on the phone file transfer mode, I can see the phone get mounted. I can see that the mount point is /sdcard as my root directory on the PC is the /sdcard/ directory. So far as good. However, when I go 1 folder deeper, stuff stops working. From /sdcard/ I can cd into /DCIM/, but there is nothing in there (well, windows sees nothing, ES Explorer still does). I can cd into any of the other directories off of the root, and it's all the same - they look like those directories under /sdcard/ are all completely empty. Double-check on the phe w/ ES File explorer... nope, everything looks just fine...
So now I'm going to have to play with pairing my laptop and phone via bluetooth. This is just so stupid. As much as i *hate* iTunes and Apple's setup, transferring photos was dead easy, even for 3rd party apps like iPhone Explorer. Plug it in, make a couple of clicks, and done.