Hi mrsclaus, I understand and share your frustration with the downloading of pics from the SX70. I've used the earlier models (SX50 then SX60) for the last 10 years but had to update my camera recently, sticking with what I know, I went for the SX70. When it was delivered, I set the camera up, took a few shots and attempted to download them onto the laptop to take a look. The cable, a micro USB was not supplied and I didn't have one, my laptop doesn't have a card reader slot, so I had to use an old laptop with card reader then transfer onto my new laptop vis a USB. I now have a cable but unlike previous models you have to open the folder on the camera, see which are the relevant photos and drag them across. The previous 2 models downloaded via an interface called Canon utilities camera window. This enabled you to view the images on the camera and either select images to download or even better select 'download untransferred images'. It transferred them into date folders which it created, a new folder for each date image was taken. This was very easy, and useful, I created a master folder for each year and the utility created sub folders by date. I appreciate people use their cameras in different ways, but like mrsclaus, I could take 200 to 300 images a day, especially if on a 'photo trip' (I take mainly wildlife photos, especially birds, and end up with multiple images of which only one or two of a species will be worth keeping). This would be a pain in the backside to download via wifi, assuming wifi was even available in some of the locations. The transfer window was just the ticket, so why make the new model incompatible with a very useful programme that's worked well for a decade? On the same note, the RAW file handling programme from before will not handle SX70 files, so the new version needed downloading, and although packed with useful tools to manipulate RAW images, it's been completely redesigned and made much harder to use. I may get the hang of it but it feels like change for change sake. I spent a while looking for a 'delete' button then found it was now called 'move to recycle bin'. So much simpler!
As for kvbarkley suggestion about letting your machine sort the photos, good luck doing that on 1000s of photos of different bird species. There's no way I could find the time to label them all, but I do upload the very best ones to Flickr or elsewhere so can track back by date if I need to find others of the same subject.
I like the camera but the transfer of images is much more of a faff than it used to be.
