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"It's not about the equipment"
If you're going to a specific result it absolutely can be. When you're learning basics fine - something with some basic controls is all you need to learn how to expose and compose, but once you've got that down your equipment absolutely does impact the end result and you're at a point where you know it and you know what you want to get to get the photo you want.
Yeah, the hard truth, that a lot of folks don't want to hear, is that the gear you use absolutely matters.
Sure, you can take a well composed, well exposed, well thought out snapshot with any camera. But when you get into specific genres, like action, macro, wildlife, and astrophotography, the gear you use absolutely matters.
There are wildlife shots I can take with my Z9 and 600f4 combo that are simply not possible with entry-level equipment. That's why people shell out the big bucks for it. You can shoot macro with a non-macro lens, but the result isn't going to be as sharp and your depth of field isn't going to be as good. You can shoot astro with a cheap kit lens, but it's not going to be anywhere near as good as a lens with minimal coma and a very wide aperture.
The equipment used makes a huge difference.
I have used my Fuji XE-1 to its limit and am desperately ready for an upgrade. At a certain point, it absolutely is about the equipment.
Absolutely! The gear is not everything but it's an important tool we use to achieve results and some are impossible to get without using specific equipment.