RAW extension for Leica D-Lux4

I am looking for a RAW converter for my Leica D-Lux 4. When I use Aperture 2.1.2 I can only load the pictures as jpg files
Any help ?
Happy New Year - Frank

Hi all,
Wrote to Apple, love my D-LUX4...the lens and its images are truly amazing. I have now sold a number of images from this little gem, and they rival or exceed many M8 or D3 shots I sold in the same batch. Obviously, Leica D-LUX4 is not equipped to so all the things a D3 can do...but for the shots it can make, it rivals anything out there, including its big brother M8, costing almost 8 times as much.
The Leica D-LUX4 (and sister Panny LX3) is an important camera, one that clearly gets professional results, and it seems bordering on the ridiculous at this point that it has been out since October 08 and we are still waiting for RAW support for Aperture. I have been an Aperture user since the first beta, and a flag waving cheerleader who loves the product... I have not minded waiting a bit for previous camera support, but at this point this is taking way too long.
I just did a search and I have over 12,000 (24K files) of JPEG + RAW from this camera in my Aperture library since January. The only saving grace here is that frankly of any digital camera I have ever tried, the D-LUX4 outputs the highest percentage of better and more instantly usable JPEGs than any other shooter, regardless of cost or complexity. Leica's firmware is great. Be that as it may...I have needed to do RAW manipulation in some of the images, and have had to use other, less capable software to do so...
Please support this soon...

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