diff --git a/docs/api/en/core/Raycaster.html b/docs/api/en/core/Raycaster.html
index 61de6225bc25902feee1560e82365dfcb68b192d..2d15cdbc03c9d7a57acc1a5e5825d64a87caefd6 100644
--- a/docs/api/en/core/Raycaster.html
+++ b/docs/api/en/core/Raycaster.html
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@
 		This value shouldn't be negative and should be smaller than the far property.
 		</p>
 
+		<h3>[property:Camera camera]</h3>
+		<p>
+		The camera to use when raycasting against view-dependent objects such as billboarded objects like [page:Sprites]. This field
+		can be set manually or is set when calling "setFromCamera".
+
+		Defaults to null.
+		</p>
+
 		<h3>[property:Object params]</h3>
 		<p>
 		An object with the following properties:
diff --git a/examples/js/shaders/TranslucentShader.js b/examples/js/shaders/TranslucentShader.js
index efdbc8e74b34a0b6821f672d9a8c8bdabc6967cb..d3839290aeb5efa3b35a0294889c1e09fec38100 100644
--- a/examples/js/shaders/TranslucentShader.js
+++ b/examples/js/shaders/TranslucentShader.js
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ THREE.TranslucentShader = {
 	].join( "\n" ),
 
 	fragmentShader: [
+		"#define USE_UV",
 		"#define USE_MAP",
 		"#define PHONG",
 		"#define TRANSLUCENT",
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ THREE.TranslucentShader = {
 
 		"			RE_Direct( directLight, geometry, material, reflectedLight );",
 
-		"			#if defined( TRANSLUCENT ) && defined( USE_MAP )",
+		"			#if defined( TRANSLUCENT ) && defined( USE_UV )",
 		"			RE_Direct_Scattering(directLight, vUv, geometry, reflectedLight);",
 		"			#endif",
 		"		}",
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ THREE.TranslucentShader = {
 
 		"			RE_Direct( directLight, geometry, material, reflectedLight );",
 
-		"			#if defined( TRANSLUCENT ) && defined( USE_MAP )",
+		"			#if defined( TRANSLUCENT ) && defined( USE_UV )",
 		"			RE_Direct_Scattering(directLight, vUv, geometry, reflectedLight);",
 		"			#endif",
 		"		}",
diff --git a/examples/jsm/shaders/TranslucentShader.js b/examples/jsm/shaders/TranslucentShader.js
index 96cd51ca74dd79a2563572acf5a99581e8906175..9a4000b669ffc5635735bd97653045cad868ca19 100644
--- a/examples/jsm/shaders/TranslucentShader.js
+++ b/examples/jsm/shaders/TranslucentShader.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ var TranslucentShader = {
 	].join( "\n" ),
 
 	fragmentShader: [
+		"#define USE_UV",
 		"#define USE_MAP",
 		"#define PHONG",
 		"#define TRANSLUCENT",
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ var TranslucentShader = {
 
 		"			RE_Direct( directLight, geometry, material, reflectedLight );",
 
-		"			#if defined( TRANSLUCENT ) && defined( USE_MAP )",
+		"			#if defined( TRANSLUCENT ) && defined( USE_UV )",
 		"			RE_Direct_Scattering(directLight, vUv, geometry, reflectedLight);",
 		"			#endif",
 		"		}",
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ var TranslucentShader = {
 
 		"			RE_Direct( directLight, geometry, material, reflectedLight );",
 
-		"			#if defined( TRANSLUCENT ) && defined( USE_MAP )",
+		"			#if defined( TRANSLUCENT ) && defined( USE_UV )",
 		"			RE_Direct_Scattering(directLight, vUv, geometry, reflectedLight);",
 		"			#endif",
 		"		}",
diff --git a/src/core/Raycaster.d.ts b/src/core/Raycaster.d.ts
index e182701ffe30a99bca9080ce16a8a1e5f5b60a49..483f7237f58bd3b46f896e3d6399814e1ade657d 100644
--- a/src/core/Raycaster.d.ts
+++ b/src/core/Raycaster.d.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ export class Raycaster {
 	 */
 	far: number;
 
+	/**
+	 * The camera to use when raycasting against view-dependent objects such as billboarded objects like Sprites. This field
+	 * can be set manually or is set when calling "setFromCamera".
+	 */
+	camera: Camera;
+
 	params: RaycasterParameters;
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/core/Raycaster.js b/src/core/Raycaster.js
index 4c98e6df1e2d86789bb6ae45b4a6841fc3bdd77f..926884f24531c7a2f2e9d6302634d0136a724973 100644
--- a/src/core/Raycaster.js
+++ b/src/core/Raycaster.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ function Raycaster( origin, direction, near, far ) {
 
 	this.near = near || 0;
 	this.far = far || Infinity;
+	this.camera = null;
 
 	this.params = {
 		Mesh: {},
@@ -79,13 +80,13 @@ Object.assign( Raycaster.prototype, {
 
 			this.ray.origin.setFromMatrixPosition( camera.matrixWorld );
 			this.ray.direction.set( coords.x, coords.y, 0.5 ).unproject( camera ).sub( this.ray.origin ).normalize();
-			this._camera = camera;
+			this.camera = camera;
 
 		} else if ( ( camera && camera.isOrthographicCamera ) ) {
 
 			this.ray.origin.set( coords.x, coords.y, ( camera.near + camera.far ) / ( camera.near - camera.far ) ).unproject( camera ); // set origin in plane of camera
 			this.ray.direction.set( 0, 0, - 1 ).transformDirection( camera.matrixWorld );
-			this._camera = camera;
+			this.camera = camera;
 
 		} else {
 
diff --git a/src/objects/Sprite.js b/src/objects/Sprite.js
index ac10bc001e872f11d248b5c66ee2b8b00eaed78d..0518effd7210048bd33c07a96495b6247aebbec0 100644
--- a/src/objects/Sprite.js
+++ b/src/objects/Sprite.js
@@ -71,14 +71,20 @@ Sprite.prototype = Object.assign( Object.create( Object3D.prototype ), {
 
 	raycast: function ( raycaster, intersects ) {
 
+		if ( raycaster.camera === null ) {
+
+			console.error( 'THREE.Sprite: "Raycaster.camera" needs to be set in order to raycast against sprites.' );
+
+		}
+
 		_worldScale.setFromMatrixScale( this.matrixWorld );
 
-		_viewWorldMatrix.copy( raycaster._camera.matrixWorld );
-		this.modelViewMatrix.multiplyMatrices( raycaster._camera.matrixWorldInverse, this.matrixWorld );
+		_viewWorldMatrix.copy( raycaster.camera.matrixWorld );
+		this.modelViewMatrix.multiplyMatrices( raycaster.camera.matrixWorldInverse, this.matrixWorld );
 
 		_mvPosition.setFromMatrixPosition( this.modelViewMatrix );
 
-		if ( raycaster._camera.isPerspectiveCamera && this.material.sizeAttenuation === false ) {
+		if ( raycaster.camera.isPerspectiveCamera && this.material.sizeAttenuation === false ) {
 
 			_worldScale.multiplyScalar( - _mvPosition.z );