Lens type not in the Bridge

[Diddibo]

Hi there!

I use Photoshop CS6 Extended. Recently, I bought a new lens (HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm F2.8 ED SDM WR). Brand and type are not displayed in the metadata of the Bridge, in Filter Lens is: "Without Lens". All other data are displayed correctly. - My other lenses are displayed correctly.
My questions: Does Bridge read the brand and type from the metadata of the photo or is the data stored in the bridge? Can I make visible brand and type?

[Dave Merchant · Accepted solution]

DSLRs that have electronic contacts to the lens, so they can read the firmware chip, usually embed the lens type into the "maker notes" section of the image EXIF header, but it is not the human-readable make and model that you typically see in editing applications, it's just an ID number. When new lenses are produced the manufacturer gives them a supposedly-unique ID, but old software will not know what that ID number relates to. This is why Camera Raw etc. have to be updated with 'support for new lenses', and also why some third-party lenses steadfastly report the wrong name in the metadata panel (the same ID number can end up being used by several manufacturers).

[Diddibo]

Hi Dave, thanks for the fast answer. So far it´s helpfull.