Originally posted by smigol I was concerned about this when I went on a week-long road trip through Southern CA and AZ and found that so long as I watched how many images I snapped during the days, I was more that able to keep up with the battery usage. Only when I snapped more than 300 images in one day did I find that the battery didn't last as long as I'd hoped.
For what it's worth, I have shot over 1000 shots in 1 day on a single battery (K10D, non Debug mode), and the battery indicator was still full at the end of the day. So if turning on Debug mode reduces this to substantially less than 1000 I would be concerned.
I also downloaded the Debug mode switcher program, and contrary to ricehigh's post it worked in Vista and XP with no problems.
I used it to confirm my K10D was focusing correctly on all the lenses that I regularly use (using a focusing chart) and therefore any focusing problems would be due to operator error (LOL!)
Since then, I have switched off the Debug mode as I was concerned about the impact on battery life, LCD lifespan and potential impact of the heat generated on the sensor.