U.S. Capitol Building - Eye Opener

It is common for photographers to hear "You take good photographs. You must be using an expensive camera" I do not believe the camera makes the photographer, however, there are limitations to camera technology.
Early this summer, I was out and about Washington D.C taking photographs, when suddenly my camera body decided to stop working. I ended up using an old Kodak point and shoot camera with no manual functions whatsoever and no RAW capture capacity.
This was an eye opener. I realized first hand how important the camera is in capturing good pictures. The image above was shot in large JPEG mode, white balance was set to daylight -that is about all the camera offered. I must have taken a dozen photographs before getting something usable. With the lack of manual metering, I had to point the lens to the desired exposure location, half press the shutter button then quickly recompose and take the shot. In this case I metered for the reflection of the sky which is usually around one stop lower than the sky itself this helped get the correct exposure and take the picture.
I believe both the camera and the photographer go hand in hand to make a good image, a lack of one would reduce the potential of the final image.