Canon Folders

[Mayor Dave]

I have a 20d. When I download images to my computer, it automatically numbers the folders. Is there any way I can stop or change this?

[tim]

That's the way the camera does it. Download using a card reader and free software called DIM from http://www.alanlight.com and it will copy the images to whatever directory you like, without folders.

[cecilc]

I have a 20d. When I download images to my computer, it automatically numbers the folders. Is there any way I can stop or change this?

In a word - No ....

The 20D (and some other Canon DSLR's) are set up to pack 100 file numbers in a folder. So, if you start shooting with the file # IMG_0079.jpg and you finish up with file # IMG_0310.jpg, you're going to wind up with 4 folders with these image #'s in each folder:
79-100
101-200
201-300
301-310

That's in the firmware and you don't have any control over it ....

[ssim]

The program that Tim gave you is good and very reliable. I use a program called downloader pro made by Breezebrowser. It is not free but very powerful wiht alot of options during the download process such as different folders, renaming, etc.

[Mayor Dave]

Thanks for the help.

[Jon]

Another vote for Downloader Pro here. I sling in a card and tell it to run; I don't even have to worry about which camera the card's from; it reads that from the EXIF and files things accordingly.