Photo EXIF Data Stripped When Sync'd BACK to iPhone

[Maverickster]

I'm going to post this to Apple's official support site as well, but I thought you all might have an idea. Here's the problem:

1. Take Picture with iPhone (3GS, if it matters) in portrait orientation.
2. Import Picture into Photoshop Elements 7.
3. EXIF Data survives (including correct orientation).
4. Put Picture in "iPhone Pictures" Album in Photoshop Elements 7.
5. EXIF Data survives (including correct orientation).
6. Delete Picture from Camera Roll on iPhone.
7. Sync "iPhone Pictures" Album (which includes Picture) to iPhone using iTunes 8.2.0.23.
8. EXIF Data lost (including incorrect orientation).
9. Picture appears on iPhone with incorrect orientation and all other EXIF Data appears to have been lost.

This appears, then, to be a problem with the way iTunes is treating the Picture when it syncs it back to the iPhone as a part of the "iPhone Pictures" Album, but I'm not certain.

My particular concern is with the loss of the orientation flag (which results in all portrait images rotated 90* CCW).

Any help or suggestions are appreciated.

Thanks.