Lightroom 5.7 Imports Photos Out of Sequence

Since updating to Lightroom 5.7 photos are imported out of sequence.  They are in the correct sequence when the card is read but during import they are scrambled, for example: importing five photos in order A, B, C, D and E but the sequence after import was A was 0001, D was 0002, B was 0003 and E was 0004 and C was 0005.  Not a big deal with 5 photos but it makes processing more difficult with a large imports.  Has anyone else run into this and how was it fixed?  Thanks!

My best work around for this is to just import them without renaming them, then once they are imported, I go into the folder they are in and sort with Capture time. Then I select all of them (Command A) and then go to the toolbar, Library->Rename Photos and then select my favorite way to name my pictures. It renames them super fast and now the file name sequence and the capture times are all in sync. There are a lot of improvements that need to be made with LR. Another issue that takes work outside of Lightroom is the "Make Second Copy" in the Import section. That needs its own section with way more options.

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