A few days ago, high quality said it was downloading ~5000 images, now its saying 1500. It went from 30mb file size to 13mb. For some reason I don't think the quality is the same between the 30mb files and 13mb files. Also when are you going to fix the BS limit to download. As in it says my high quality photo is 75mb when I select it and when its done, its now 13mb. WTF
Depending on the location the highest detail level may not be available. If it is the same location in the two examples you mention then something else is going on.
If you give me a lat/lon for the area you're downloading I can see if that is the case.