Hey Nic, where's the poll? I hear as you get older you can become forgetful
(Happy Birthday).
Absolutely the photographer more than the equipment. I've been on forums where the equipment is the main part of many a conversation. They have thousands of dollars, even tens of thousands in equipment. Yet the few times they post an image, it is ordinary, very sharp, but ordinary. This is not to say there are not some excellent photographers with lots of expensive equipment. It just says you don't need it. I'm sure everyone of us can find a favorite photographer on flickr that works miracles with a point and shoot.
Remember who takes the shots: the photographer, not the camera. By itself, the camera does nothing.
Edit: Ah! There it is!