Exporting Metadate for multiple images

Hi, I can't find a way of easily exporting the metadata for a number of images into a csv file. The "Export Metadata" function in Aperture 1.5 only exports the file name and the keywords, with a number of blank columns, and there are no column headings for useful information like shutter speed and aperture!
I've looked at tools like "exiftool" but they are quite difficult to run and seem to only do one image at a time. I also tried using Automator to extract metadata, but couldn't make it work
It would be very useful if I could (a) enter comments in a metadata field and (b) extract technical metadata to a csv file for a number of images
any suggestions welcomed!
Richard

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