Were the moon landings faked?

Encyclopedia of Opinion

Question: Were the moon landings faked?
Position‹2 of 2: The Apollo missions were faked
Argument‹2 of 2: The photos are faked

The photos from the moon were actually shot inside a studio

The argument

By analysing the photo taken by NASA in detail, a professional photographer came to the conclusion that there are obvious reasons that these photos are been taken in a studio. Sources indicate that film director Stanley Kubrick might have hired by NASA for doing this since his previous experience with the SD movie "2001 Space Odyssey"

Context

In the frame of a Apollo missions being an hoax, an argument is that there are reasons to believe that photos shown can not have been taken on the Moon.

Premises

[P1]A professional photographer analysing NASA's images concluded they show obvious signs of being taken in a studio. [P2] Some sources claim NASA hired film director Stanley Kubrick, given his experience with the science-fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey. [P3] If the photographs were staged, the missions they document were too. [C] Therefore, because the photos appear faked, the Apollo moon landings were faked.

Counter-arguments

Professional photographers who examined the photo were not expert on space photos. The analysis was not conducted on the original photo, but a copy that has been already modified. Digital photography was not available in the 70s; therefore photo manipulation techniques were much less sophisticated.

Rejecting the premises

The counter-arguments to this objection are: 1) The flag had a special horizontal rod to keep it standing; oscillations were due to some inertia, 2) The stars are not showing due to high luminosity of Moon surface

Proponents cited

Bill Kaysing
“The set had to be photographed through filters and electronic "noise" had to be added to avoid a too-perfect picture. Otherwise these scenes would resemble too closely the action from "Star Trek" and other science fiction presentations. Even so, many viewers in bars and country clubs all over the U.S. suspected rather loudly that the scenes were a fake. Little of this reached newspapers. Note in this montage of photographs of the astronauts "at work" on the moon that the simulation was simplicity itself. With a totally black space background, a rough but firm moon surface and the LEM featured prominently, the reasonably authentic lunar scene was will within the capabilities of motion picture set designers and special effects experts. The range marks lend an uncanny resemblance to reality - a tribute to the painstaking work of the simulators on an unlimited budget.”
Scarlett Moffatt
“So I don't believe we've been to the moon...I know... controversial! But I just can't believe that we've been there.”