What's with all the random folders in the DCIM directory for iPhone? My photos are spread across 17 seemingly randomly named folders in my iPhone 5's DCIM directory.

I can't make any sense of this and it is quite painful looking through all of these directories to find the photo I'm looking for.

Why is my device doing this and can I make it stop?
Just place yourself on the DCIM folder and choose to search.
Search for *.*
Choose some thumb nail view
Sort result by name


You will see all your pictures in order and it's easy to find the picture you are looking for.