I assume that cutting and pasting between sites is allowed if I am the origional poster? This is part of a post from http://www.apollohoax.com showing the problems with the assumptions made about the Jim and Dave Apollo 15 'Pack Shots'...

Here are the two photos in more detail...


http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...5-88-11863.jpg 'Dave'


http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/Hi...5-88-11866.jpg 'Jim'




Notice how the background matches perfectly. The foreground is different, with the flag and the astronauts and the LM in seemingly different positions. This is because the two photo's were taken from different places and at different distances. I had to rotate one of the images to get the match, so therefore I conclude that the camera was being held at an angle. If you look at the two seperate images, it looks as though Jim is leaning one way and Dave the other way. In the combined image, they are both standing upright. Notice also the angle of the LM. This suggests that the photographer was downslope when the photos were taken.

Here's a link to a larger version, to show how well the backgrounds match up.
http://www.apollohoax.com/wittspics/...layerlines.jpg

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Much has also been made of the famous 'Pack Shot' which is the photo of Jim above. Apparently it's too perfect. However, looking over the picture above, I found a strange thing. Apparently the photo of Jim was taken using Jims camera. Dave borrowed it to take 3 shots. He deliberately tried to get a good view of the LM, Rover and Jim with the flag. Here are the images, from ALSJ...


Bit dark, not very good of the Rover.


A bit better, Rover a bit out of shot.


Best yet. I think that might do the trick.

So it would seem that the perfect 'Pack Shot' was no accident. It seems that Dave saw an opportunity to get a great photo of man on the Moon, took three shots just to make sure he got it, then gave the camera back.