Aperture RAW file compatibility

Hi there guys.
I've been considering Aperture2 for quite sometime now but am disappointed to find out that there is no RAW support for my camera, a Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ-28. The closest support is for an older FZ-50 instead while my camera is newer than this.
With that, I would like to know what my options are with regards to importing the RAW files from my camera to Aperture2 should I decide to pull the trigger and get it.
Thanks ahead.

A couple comments,
RAW is overrated for small-sensor Digitals like your Lumix. If you shoot in .jpg and use aperture for light editing and organization, you'll probably see an advantage over what you're currently doing. The fact that aperture's ads talk so much about raw is irrelevant, you can do anything it does (other than raw conversion, obviously) with a jpg. The only difference is that you have less control over the raw conversion, which your camera bight do better than aperture (it's a matter of taste at that point, not science).
Or, you could get a better camera, i.e., a nikon or canon that is actually going to be supported as soon as possible and has decades of history of making good cameras.

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