This is great feedback. We’ll pass this along.
Just to let you know, my understanding of the RAW image information is that the reason they didn’t release it already is because the RAW data also contains data about the camera. To make the RAW image information publicly available, Ricoh needs to have a legal and engineering team sort through the the RAW image information and make a decision on if the data can be publicly released. This process takes time. Also, the community never presented an organized list of what specific types of RAW camera information, such as DNG, was needed.
Note that I don’t work for Ricoh, but I do meet people that work at Ricoh from time to time and I ask them questions or pass on information to them.