10D download doesn't name in order taken

[gordeaux]

I've had my 10D for a week now. I've noticed that when I download the photos, they aren't numbered in the sequence they were taken.

If I look at the EXIF's Date Taken, the photos have the right date/time on them. But the file names jump around in the numbering scheme. (e.g., the downloaded files Yard 001.jpg, 002, 003, 004 if sorted by Date/Time taken are 003,004,001,002, etc.

I'm doing lots of quick experimental shots with the quality set to SmallFine. I'm downloading 100-300 photos at a time using WindowsXP's [Scanners & Cameras] GetPictures function.

Any ideas how to control this?

[Jud Dagnall]

Not a solution, but another option:

I use the free downloader from breeze systems which allows me to specify an exact format for my filenames. It's very useful since I want to keep uniquely numbered filenames and not be constrained by the 10000 photo limit canon imposes.

http://www.breezesys.com/products.html