diff --git a/pandatool/src/mayaegg/mayaToEggConverter.cxx b/pandatool/src/mayaegg/mayaToEggConverter.cxx
index 9f131367f5..68e6f46659 100644
--- a/pandatool/src/mayaegg/mayaToEggConverter.cxx
+++ b/pandatool/src/mayaegg/mayaToEggConverter.cxx
@@ -701,13 +701,6 @@ process_model_node(MayaNodeDesc *node_desc) {
         << "\n";
     }
 
-  } else if (dag_path.hasFn(MFn::kCamera)) {
-    if (mayaegg_cat.is_debug()) {
-      mayaegg_cat.debug()
-        << "Ignoring camera node " << path
-        << "\n";
-    }
-
   } else if (dag_path.hasFn(MFn::kLight)) {
     if (mayaegg_cat.is_debug()) {
       mayaegg_cat.debug()
@@ -789,6 +782,29 @@ process_model_node(MayaNodeDesc *node_desc) {
       make_locator(dag_path, dag_node, egg_group);
     }
 
+  } else if (dag_path.hasFn(MFn::kCamera)) {
+    // For some reason, Maya 6.0 on the Windows build seems to report
+    // that every node has kCamera, even if it's not a camera.  This
+    // second check is designed to filter those.
+    MFnCamera camera(dag_path, &status);
+    if (!status) {
+      if (mayaegg_cat.is_debug()) {
+        mayaegg_cat.debug()
+          << "Node is not really a camera: " << path << "\n";
+
+        // Just a generic node.
+        EggGroup *egg_group = _tree.get_egg_group(node_desc);
+        get_transform(node_desc, dag_path, egg_group);
+      }
+
+    } else {
+      if (mayaegg_cat.is_debug()) {
+        mayaegg_cat.debug()
+          << "Ignoring camera node " << path
+          << "\n";
+      }
+    }
+
   } else {
     // Just a generic node.
     EggGroup *egg_group = _tree.get_egg_group(node_desc);