Yourself, and every other photographer has to agree, that the camera is a big contributing factor to taking good pictures. Although, i believe now, more then ever, post processing is bigger.
With lightroom and photoshop, a point and shoot photo can compare to a photo taken by a DSLR. Is he/she a good photographer? In most cases, no. Is he/she a good editor? Most likely.
I see a lot of bad photos that the the people feel that PS/LR can auto magically fix, for me a lot of people confuse a great picture with good photography and there is a huge difference.
A fast car does not make you a good driver, that said it does give you an advantage, hell if I could afford to I would buy that Hassy without thinking twice.
I a surprised that no one commented on the lighting diagrams....