Digital BW, The Print

This is not meant to start a digital vs film war. I think we all
know there are some places where digital works fine and places where
it doesn't, but digital is getting better all the time. Also, I did
not find anything useful by doing an archive search on this subject,
so here goes...

As I do a lot of B&W landscapes I have not made the switch to
digital capture. I have been scanning 6x7 negatives to maximize
print quality for 8x10 and 11x14 and use the 1280 w/PT Sellenium
inks. I've been happy with the output. Needless to say, I would
love ditch the film processing step, but assume that I would notice
a significant difference in the output if I went to 35mm digital
capture for this type of work.

However, for my smaller B&W 35mm work, like street work, that I
would produce as 5x7 (or possibly 8X10), I have been thinking about
a Nikon D100 (as I have Nikon lenses).

I would like some input before droping the money on a D100 body!

Questions:

1.) Has anyone on this forum compared the piezo "small print"
quality from 35mm/6+ mp digital versus 100 and 400 ASA film scanned
at 4000 dpi? At 5x7, is there noticable/significant quality
differences in the resulting print?

2.) Assuming there are folks on this list that are using the
35mm/6+ mp cameras...what is your overall satisfaction level with
this tool matched with the piezo system?

Thanks...Val