diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osg/CameraNode.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osg/CameraNode.cpp
index a0fac32e3..fbf43744c 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osg/CameraNode.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osg/CameraNode.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include <osg/CameraNode>
 #include <osg/io_utils>
+#include <osg/Notify>
 
 #include <osgDB/Registry>
 #include <osgDB/Input>
@@ -64,6 +65,15 @@ bool CameraNode_readLocalData(Object& obj, Input& fr)
         }
     }
 
+    if (fr.matchSequence("transformOrder %w"))
+    {
+        if      (fr[1].matchWord("PRE_MULTIPLE")) camera.setTransformOrder(osg::CameraNode::PRE_MULTIPLE);
+        else if (fr[1].matchWord("POST_MULTIPLE")) camera.setTransformOrder(osg::CameraNode::POST_MULTIPLE);
+
+        fr += 2;
+        iteratorAdvanced = true;
+    }
+
     Matrix matrix; 
     if (readMatrix(matrix,fr,"ProjectionMatrix"))
     {
@@ -77,6 +87,16 @@ bool CameraNode_readLocalData(Object& obj, Input& fr)
         iteratorAdvanced = true;
     }
 
+    if (fr.matchSequence("renderOrder %w"))
+    {
+        if      (fr[1].matchWord("PRE_RENDER")) camera.setRenderOrder(osg::CameraNode::PRE_RENDER);
+        else if (fr[1].matchWord("NESTED_RENDER")) camera.setRenderOrder(osg::CameraNode::NESTED_RENDER);
+        else if (fr[1].matchWord("POST_RENDER")) camera.setRenderOrder(osg::CameraNode::POST_RENDER);
+
+        fr += 2;
+        iteratorAdvanced = true;
+    }
+
     return iteratorAdvanced;
 }
 
@@ -98,8 +118,23 @@ bool CameraNode_writeLocalData(const Object& obj, Output& fw)
         fw.writeObject(*camera.getViewport());
     }
 
+    fw.indent()<<"transformOrder ";
+    switch(camera.getTransformOrder())
+    {
+        case(osg::CameraNode::PRE_MULTIPLE): fw <<"PRE_MULTIPLE"<<std::endl; break;
+        case(osg::CameraNode::POST_MULTIPLE): fw <<"POST_MULTIPLE"<<std::endl; break;
+    }
+
     writeMatrix(camera.getProjectionMatrix(),fw,"ProjectionMatrix");
     writeMatrix(camera.getViewMatrix(),fw,"ViewMatrix");
 
+    fw.indent()<<"renderOrder ";
+    switch(camera.getRenderOrder())
+    {
+        case(osg::CameraNode::PRE_RENDER): fw <<"PRE_RENDER"<<std::endl; break;
+        case(osg::CameraNode::NESTED_RENDER): fw <<"NESTED_RENDER"<<std::endl; break;
+        case(osg::CameraNode::POST_RENDER): fw <<"POST_RENDER"<<std::endl; break;
+    }
+
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/osg/Matrix.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/osg/Matrix.cpp
index 2164b6663..b87bdf123 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/osg/Matrix.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/osg/Matrix.cpp
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 #include "Matrix.h"
+#include <osg/Notify>
 
 
 bool readMatrix(osg::Matrix& matrix, osgDB::Input& fr, const char* keyword)
 {
     bool iteratorAdvanced = false;
     
-    if (fr[0].matchWord(keyword) && fr[1].matchWord("{"))
+    if (fr[0].matchWord(keyword) && fr[1].isOpenBracket())
     {
 
+         osg::notify(osg::NOTICE)<<"found keyword "<<fr[0].getStr()<<" looking for "<<keyword<<std::endl;
+
         int entry = fr[0].getNoNestedBrackets();
 
         fr += 2;