Bad news - the software from ecamm does not work with an iPhone already in recovery mode. I tried. Their tech's did not think it would either.
I also tried touchcopy - which is a PC based program similar to iDrive.
I DID talk to a hard drive recovery company that thought they could do it for $750-$1500. Ouch - debatable if the photos are worth that. I'm leaning no.
I'll keep looking. There is another software that isn't realeased yet here
http://www.dvdtoiphoneconverter.net/iphone-data-recovery-software.html#
Not sure when but hoping maybe that will work - I'll hold off "restoring" (deleting) my files as long as I can.