Adding Lens to Filter Panel - Bridge CS4

Very new to Photoshop and Bridge CS4 so stilling learning the basics of the applications. After installing I believe I saw Lens in the Filter Panel on the left side of the screen. I no longer see that item to open it up. In fact right clicking in the FIlter Panel gives me a number of catagories to select. They are all selected (including Lens) but only 9 catagories appear in the filter section. How do I get the lens catagory to appear?
Thanks

First check if you have used files that have been shot with different
lenses. A category in the filter panel only appears if there are two or more
different criteria present, otherwise there would not be any need to filter
Second, the lens has to be capable to interact with the EXIF data in the
camera, most of them do but not all. If a lens can't communicate with this
EXIF data the data will not be present in the metadata that comes with your
file and therefore not be seen by Bridge.
Last, check also the fly out menu top right of the filter panel, put your
mouse on it and you will see the list of filter categories appear. Those
with a checkmark in front are visible, those without are not.
How do I get the lens catagory to appear?

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