Lens Model in EXIF list?

Has anyone found a solution to the problem in which Aperture does not report which Lens Model was used to capture an image? Every other app I have does this (ACR, LR, DxO). This is rather important information to me and, in many instances, is one of my primary search fields.
There was a thread about this several months ago, but the issue was unresolved and the topic was closed:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1270763&#1270763
I use a 20D and about a half-dozen lenses and, often, it's quite useful to sort by lens type. Note that this data is not contained within Aperture's full list of EXIF Tags as, I believe, it is a manufacturer-level tag.
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I haven't seen a solution yet, it would be a nice addition. With my present lens set-up it's not such a big issue as non of the focal lengths cross each other but as I increase the lenses I have it will start to become a pain.

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