diff --git a/examples/osgspheresegment/osgspheresegment.cpp b/examples/osgspheresegment/osgspheresegment.cpp
index 914635493..c56858ab5 100644
--- a/examples/osgspheresegment/osgspheresegment.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgspheresegment/osgspheresegment.cpp
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     
 
     // construct the viewer.
-    osgViewer::Viewer viewer;
+    osgViewer::Viewer viewer(arguments);
 
     // if user request help write it out to cout.
     unsigned int testCase = 0;
diff --git a/examples/osgviewerFLTK/osgviewerFLTK.cpp b/examples/osgviewerFLTK/osgviewerFLTK.cpp
index b7d441bcb..e43e9d539 100644
--- a/examples/osgviewerFLTK/osgviewerFLTK.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgviewerFLTK/osgviewerFLTK.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ class ViewerFLTK : public osgViewer::Viewer, public AdapterWidget
             AdapterWidget(x,y,w,h,label)
             {
                 getCamera()->setViewport(new osg::Viewport(0,0,w,h));
+                getCamera()->setProjectionMatrixAsPerspective(30.0f, static_cast<double>(w)/static_cast<double>(h), 1.0f, 10000.0f);
                 getCamera()->setGraphicsContext(getGraphicsWindow());
                 setThreadingModel(osgViewer::Viewer::SingleThreaded);
             }
diff --git a/examples/osgviewerQT/osgviewerQT.cpp b/examples/osgviewerQT/osgviewerQT.cpp
index 67ba16835..01999d8b1 100644
--- a/examples/osgviewerQT/osgviewerQT.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgviewerQT/osgviewerQT.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ class ViewerQT : public osgViewer::Viewer, public AdapterWidget
         {
             getCamera()->setViewport(new osg::Viewport(0,0,width(),height()));
             getCamera()->setGraphicsContext(getGraphicsWindow());
+            getCamera()->setProjectionMatrixAsPerspective(30.0f, static_cast<double>(width())/static_cast<double>(height()), 1.0f, 10000.0f);
+
             setThreadingModel(osgViewer::Viewer::SingleThreaded);
 
             connect(&_timer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(updateGL()));
diff --git a/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp b/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp
index 8ed1b4f4b..50b039da9 100644
--- a/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp
+++ b/src/osgViewer/Viewer.cpp
@@ -825,6 +825,7 @@ GraphicsWindowEmbedded* Viewer::setUpViewerAsEmbeddedInWindow(int x, int y, int
     setThreadingModel(SingleThreaded);
     osgViewer::GraphicsWindowEmbedded* gw = new osgViewer::GraphicsWindowEmbedded(x,y,width,height);
     getCamera()->setViewport(new osg::Viewport(0,0,width,height));
+    getCamera()->setProjectionMatrixAsPerspective(30.0f, static_cast<double>(width)/static_cast<double>(height), 1.0f, 10000.0f);
     getCamera()->setGraphicsContext(gw);
     return gw;
 }