Lens Model

Just purchased a new lens (Canon 24mm 1.4L II) and imported some photos into Aperture 2.1.4.
I use the metadata field for Lens Model in some albums, but what I just noticed is that the Lens Model for this new lens simply says "24.0 mm" and not the full name of the lens. This is not the case with any other Canon lens I own--including some images I have from an older version of the same lens. All the others have the full name of the lens in this field. Anyone else having a similar issue.
I've already tried the update EXIF from master.

Thanks for the responses.
I think I've figured this out. My camera (Canon 5D) recognizes all lenses by name, as long as the lenses were in production before the latest firmware update. For the 5D, the latest firmware update was the 1.1.1 early in 2008. My new lens (24L II) was introduced after that and therefore my 5D will require a new firmware update in order to recognize the name. The problem has nothing to do with Aperture. I downloaded a trial version of Lightroom and imported some photos in there--same problem.
Does anyone know if Canon ever updates firmware on cameras that are out of production--like my 5D?

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