DNG Converter clips Pentax PEF images

I wish to convert Pentax PEF files to DNG files due to the better compression and shell handling of the DNG format.
I have tried converting using Adobe DNG Converter 5.2.0.65 As noted in http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/?14@@.3bc03c04.59b79390/46 the net result is that the image is clipped on the right and bottom edges - in my case, from 3888x2608 to 3880x2600.
A reduction in the image dimensions is clearly not an accurate conversion. Is there a way to work around this problem, or to fix the underlying issue in the software?

Because DNG with the K10D is non-optimal for my use of the camera. Pentax never got around to implementing lossless compression, and so DNG files take up about 1.5 times the size of equivalent PEF files on the card - hence I can only fit ~280 DNG vs. ~440 in PEF on a 4GB SDHC card.
I usually shoot at conventions, and shooting PEF means I don't have to change cards so often, or go back to my hotel room to dump them to disk. They transfer faster as well, due to the smaller size. This issue is apparently retained in the K20D.
Shooting DNG is reportedly *slightly* faster than PEF since they don't have to be compressed, but it's not enough to matter for me; I didn't buy the K10D for sports photography.
The only advantages I can actually use from DNG are the improved compression and shell use mentioned above, both of which relate to post-processing/archiving and so do not influence the format I shoot in. It does mean I would like to *convert* PEF to DNG, but only if I can solve this issue.

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It is my (humble, and barely-informed) understanding that the DNG Converter 5.6 performs de-mosaicing upon the RW2
You could convert it in demosaiced format (it is an option under Preferences, if you select the compatibility as "Custom"); however, if Rawnalyze can display the DNG, then it is certainly not demosaiced.
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Whether or not the DNG Converter 5.6 has altered any White Balance information contained in the original DMC-LX3 RW2 image-file
The converter usually changes the temperature and tint; however, Rawnalyze displays the coefficients of the raw channels, which are stored in the raw file either by the camera or by the raw/DNG converter.
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the resulting DNG (converted from a DMC-LX3 RW2) shows "Shot WB Coefficients" as: Red = 1.0760; Green = 1.0000, Green = 1.0000; and Blue =1.1597 when viewed in Rawnalyze Histogram display mode
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