photo experts - converting RW2 image to jpeg??

DH got me a lovely Lumix camera for my birthday and put it in the highest setting on the camera - RAW images - the files are huge and show up as RW2 when I plug my camera to the computer. Unfortunate thing is I don't have photoshop, so I can't see the pictures! And I can't take them to a kiosk to get them printed b/c they aren't jpegs. There's no "save as" option when I right click on them.
Please tell me there's a converter out there that I can download for free.... thanks!!! :)

Re: photo experts - converting RW2 image to jpeg??

Here are a few I found:

http://www.stepok.net/eng/raw_importer.htm

http://www.pixmantec.com/

Cheapest software solution: Bibble $89 for the light version. Or just shoot in High Quality JPG.

Re: photo experts - converting RW2 image to jpeg??

there should be a program that came with your camera to convert the files...

the easier thing to do is change the settings on you camera to not shoot raw.
you can still have the highest setting without raw. raw files give you the ability to tweak settings on the picture such as color, light etc....

Re: photo experts - converting RW2 image to jpeg??

I think Adobe Lightroom has a 30 day trial. You can import the files into that and when you export them back to your computer they will automatically convert to .jpg. Very easy - and it's a great program too.