Hey, the one before my shot was taken with a 40-year old East German lens that cost me $50 on ebay, on a $100 adapter.
And my first shot that got turned into a book cover was with a niftyfifty one night at a pub.
I think the lesson more is that *you* make the shot, not the equipment (that said, the equipment helps, but it's not going to stop me buying/lusting after more and better equipment...)