[Mr. Pickles]

I still think the best RAW converter is the one that fits your work flow. Some like to use only one program. Others like to have 4 or 5 in their basket of toys. I myself, as posted above, use Lightroom for a really high percentage of shots. If I need some special tweaks, layer masks, or to get really funky, I export the Lightroom file to PSCS.

Olympus software (Studio, Master, etc) does a really really nice job converting the image as far as keeping those Olympus colors the Olympus users like. But most end up using some version of PS or PSE or other, and they still don't have a decent catalog system.

So you need to think about what you have, try all kinds of demos, and during those 30-day trials, ask questions here or better yet, our Image Editing forum so you can get some help while your software is working. From all the playing you will find some workflow and software that works for YOU. All the rest is gravy after that....