Digital BW, The Print

I started a thread, recently, on film processing. I want to thank 
you all for the thoughtful answers. They will be a big help to me. 
Now I would like to look in a little different direction.

I don't have a darkroom set up in this house yet. If I am going to 
do digital printing, I won't need one for the prints, but will still 
need to do the film. But do I? I have been reading reviews on the 
Cannon 1Ds. Right now, this seems to be at the top of 
the "affordable" digital camera ladder. At least one review has 
compared it favorably to 645 roll film. Now, the review was talking 
about color film. It is my understanding that B&W work is much more 
demanding on camera quality.

Has anyone here used the 1Ds for serious B&W work. I would guess it 
might be fine for portraits, but how about for landscapes? How large 
can you print a file from this camera and still hold satisfactory 
detail? I know it will never compete with a 4X5, but I won't be 
making any 16X20 prints, either. What do you folks think?


Thanks,
Jim