Leica D-Lux 3 workaround?

Does anyone have a work aournd to get Aperture to read Leica D-Lux 3 raw files?
Thanks!
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Not a workaround for your camera in particular but this might work for you. The idea is to make Aperture think it supports your camera.
Read the entire post before starting:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=723742&start=0&tstart=0

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I have been waiting for over a year for RAW support for the Leica D-Lux 4 using Aperture 2. It seems that this support is only going to be offered for Aperture 3 users. I have asked at my local Apple Store for an explanation without any success. Is it really just a marketing ploy for A3, or was there a technical reason why A2 could not have support for this camera??
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Tonys264 wrote:
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