I guess I generally agree with Fey's comment above - wasn't sure where this was going before this post... The image has to stand on it's own (or group of images) and it really doesn't matter what was used or what the photographer had for breakfast - but skill is involved here in choosing the right equipment for the job; as is it needed in determining exposure, etc.

But I see two issues here as well and they're not about this - one way of shooting is to get it "close enough" and save it in Photoshop, the other is to get the shot as close as possible at time of capture. Having to rely on post processing to make decent shots will create problems at some point, IMO. Digital has less tolerence for inaccurate exposure than slide film - at least for optimal results. All the Photoshop work in the world won't bring back blown highlights!