topic Re: EOS Utility 3 - selecting files to download from camera in Camera Software

EOS Utility 3 - selecting files to download from camera

citro — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:33:32 GMT

Hi,

I'm having some issues with the Transferring Images interface in EOS Utility 3 - Select and download (viewer window).

My issues come from the date selector (red circle) in the interface: the shooting dates are sorted in a weird order.

Let's say I have pictures in camera from following dates:

19.01.2025
22.01.2025
31.01.2025
13.02.2025
20.02.2025
11.01.2026
19.01.2026
21.02.2026
22.02.2026

The date selector shows them in the following order:

11.01.2026
13.02.2025
19.01.2025
19.01.2026
20.02.2025
21.02.2026
22.01.2025
22.02.2026
31.01.2025

My date settings are dd.mm.yyyy

Can you point me to some program settings to keep the order chronological in the date selector ?

Re: EOS Utility 3 - selecting files to download from camera

Waddizzle — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:37:39 GMT

You need to go into the Settings menu. You can set it to create folders based on date the photos were captured.

Re: EOS Utility 3 - selecting files to download from camera

Waddizzle — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 19:52:40 GMT

I cannot remember if it is called settings or preferences. You can download the manual from product page for your camera.

https://app.ssw.imaging-saas.canon/app/en/eu.html?region=1

Re: EOS Utility 3 - selecting files to download from camera

citro — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:21:23 GMT

My question is about something else. Folder creation is not the issue.

Re: EOS Utility 3 - selecting files to download from camera

rs-eos — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:28:42 GMT

Some engineer decided to primarily sort by the first element in the date format, secondarily sort by the second, etc. That makes no sense whatsoever. Definitely file a bug against that software.

As a workaround, use a "yyyy mm dd" format. If the above faulty logic is applied no matter the format, this will at least put things in chronological order.

Re: EOS Utility 3 - selecting files to download from camera

Waddizzle — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 22:04:55 GMT

“ it’s a solution to your apparent issue. As Ricky noted above, you can reconfigure the download to sort the files into dated folders.

The best practice is to not use the camera as a storage device. Download everything. Then delete the photos you don’t want.