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I started out with a decent camera. I wanted the confidence that my skill and not the gear was going to be the limiting factor. It took me years to find the limits of that camera body. I was finding limits to the consumer lenses long before finding the limits of the camera body.
No one is wrong here. There are instances where a photo will improve due to a lens and then there are times when the camera body is so high a resolution that it exploits the lens weakness and its inability to resolve the very high number of pixels the newer camera bodies are squeezing onto a sensor.
If you are like me you want the best gear you can afford so your potential for great photos is just a matter of you using the right techniques and settings.
I see both sides. When I did finally buy my D800 I had been shooting for about 8 years and saw an immediate jump in image quality. I didn't realize until I went with the new camera that my old body was in fact holding me back. My skill had developed beyond the limits of my camera.
I can still usually take better photos with just a cell phone than most people because I understand it's limits and know how to work around them as well as using perspective and composition to make a nice photo instead of just using editing after the fact.
At this point I understand that gear doesn't make a great photo. But it sure does help if you know what you are doing and are doing things like shooting in low light, shooting action etc.
Best of luck with your hobby
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