diff --git a/include/osg/CameraNode b/include/osg/CameraNode
index 63a4566f6..c6ea1104c 100644
--- a/include/osg/CameraNode
+++ b/include/osg/CameraNode
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ class OSG_EXPORT CameraNode : public Transform, public CullSettings
         void setTransformOrder(TransformOrder order) { _transformOrder = order; }
         TransformOrder getTransformOrder() const { return _transformOrder; }
         
-        
 
         /** Set the projection matrix. Can be thought of as setting the lens of a camera. */
         inline void setProjectionMatrix(const osg::Matrixf& matrix) { _projectionMatrix.set(matrix); }
@@ -184,6 +183,9 @@ class OSG_EXPORT CameraNode : public Transform, public CullSettings
         /** Get the rendering order of this camera's subgraph relative to any camera that this subgraph is nested within.*/
         RenderOrder getRenderOrder() const { return _renderOrder; }
 
+        /** Return true if this Camera is set up as a render to texture camera, i.e. it has textures assigned to it.*/
+        bool isRenderToTextureCamera() const;
+
         enum RenderTargetImplementation
         {
             FRAME_BUFFER_OBJECT,
diff --git a/src/osg/CameraNode.cpp b/src/osg/CameraNode.cpp
index 99f9f733f..77872fa24 100644
--- a/src/osg/CameraNode.cpp
+++ b/src/osg/CameraNode.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ CameraNode::~CameraNode()
 {
 }
 
+bool CameraNode::isRenderToTextureCamera() const
+{
+    return (!_bufferAttachmentMap.empty());
+}
+
 void CameraNode::setRenderTargetImplementation(RenderTargetImplementation impl)
 {
     _renderTargetImplementation = impl;
diff --git a/src/osgProducer/Viewer.cpp b/src/osgProducer/Viewer.cpp
index b35ec4fa3..37557cc02 100644
--- a/src/osgProducer/Viewer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgProducer/Viewer.cpp
@@ -764,13 +764,10 @@ bool Viewer::computeIntersections(float x,float y,unsigned int cameraNum,osg::No
             view = osg::Matrixd(camera->getViewMatrix());
         }
 
-        node = node->getParent(0);
-
         osgUtil::PickVisitor pick(viewport, proj, view, pixel_x, pixel_y);
         pick.setTraversalMask(traversalMask);
         node->accept(pick);
         
-        
         // copy all the hits across to the external hits list
         for(osgUtil::PickVisitor::LineSegmentHitListMap::iterator itr = pick.getSegHitList().begin();
             itr != pick.getSegHitList().end();
diff --git a/src/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor.cpp b/src/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor.cpp
index e6d8f665e..c7129489b 100644
--- a/src/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor.cpp
+++ b/src/osgUtil/IntersectVisitor.cpp
@@ -113,20 +113,17 @@ bool IntersectVisitor::IntersectState::isCulled(const BoundingSphere& bs,LineSeg
     LineSegmentMask mask = 0x00000001;
     segMaskOut = 0x00000000;
     LineSegmentMask segMaskIn = _segmentMaskStack.back();
-    //    notify(INFO) << << "IntersectState::isCulled() mask in "<<segMaskIn<<"  ";
     for(IntersectState::LineSegmentList::iterator sitr=_segList.begin();
         sitr!=_segList.end();
         ++sitr)
     {
         if ((segMaskIn & mask) && (sitr->second)->intersect(bs))
         {
-            //            notify(INFO) << << "Hit ";
             segMaskOut = segMaskOut| mask;
             hit = true;
         }
         mask = mask << 1;
     }
-    //    notify(INFO) << << "mask = "<<segMaskOut<< std::endl;
     return !hit;
 }
 
@@ -303,7 +300,7 @@ void IntersectVisitor::popMatrix()
 bool IntersectVisitor::enterNode(Node& node)
 {
     const BoundingSphere& bs = node.getBound();
-    if (bs.valid())
+    if (bs.valid() && node.isCullingActive())
     {
         IntersectState* cis = _intersectStateStack.back().get();
         IntersectState::LineSegmentMask sm=0xffffffff;
@@ -313,7 +310,13 @@ bool IntersectVisitor::enterNode(Node& node)
     }
     else
     {
-        return false;
+        IntersectState* cis = _intersectStateStack.back().get();
+        if (!cis->_segmentMaskStack.empty()) 
+            cis->_segmentMaskStack.push_back(cis->_segmentMaskStack.back());
+        else
+            cis->_segmentMaskStack.push_back(0xffffffff);
+        
+        return true;
     }
 }
 
@@ -721,9 +724,12 @@ void PickVisitor::apply(osg::Projection& projection)
 
 void PickVisitor::apply(osg::CameraNode& camera)
 {
-    runNestedPickVisitor( camera,
-                          camera.getViewport() ? camera.getViewport() : _lastViewport.get(),
-                          camera.getProjectionMatrix(), 
-                          camera.getViewMatrix(),
-                          _mx, _my );
+    if (!camera.isRenderToTextureCamera())
+    {
+        runNestedPickVisitor( camera,
+                              camera.getViewport() ? camera.getViewport() : _lastViewport.get(),
+                              camera.getProjectionMatrix(), 
+                              camera.getViewMatrix(),
+                              _mx, _my );
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/osg/CameraNode.cpp b/src/osgWrappers/osg/CameraNode.cpp
index 4cb330ade..b9fd38532 100644
--- a/src/osgWrappers/osg/CameraNode.cpp
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/osg/CameraNode.cpp
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ BEGIN_OBJECT_REFLECTOR(osg::CameraNode)
 	I_Method0(osg::Matrixd, getInverseViewMatrix);
 	I_Method1(void, setRenderOrder, IN, osg::CameraNode::RenderOrder, order);
 	I_Method0(osg::CameraNode::RenderOrder, getRenderOrder);
+	I_Method0(bool, isRenderToTextureCamera);
 	I_Method1(void, setRenderTargetImplementation, IN, osg::CameraNode::RenderTargetImplementation, impl);
 	I_Method2(void, setRenderTargetImplementation, IN, osg::CameraNode::RenderTargetImplementation, impl, IN, osg::CameraNode::RenderTargetImplementation, fallback);
 	I_Method0(osg::CameraNode::RenderTargetImplementation, getRenderTargetImplementation);