Since you all are talking about skill vs equipment. Let me give some analogy and you do the thinking.

Scenario 1:
Skilled engineer with limited equipment but enough to get the job done and newbie engineer with all the equipment he wants. The job, conduct a verification of the conductance of a mysterious substance. Who will be able to get the job done with the best efficiency?

Scenario 2:
Skilled racing driver driving a 180hp Golf GTi and a newbie driver driving a 430hp Ferrari. Both go head-to-head on a race course. Think of the Stig and you will know what I mean.

Go bang your brains and think which one is more important.