Digital BW, The Print

Quote from Brooks Jensen, editor LensWork (Feb-March 04)
"after critical examination of these 8x10 photographs we all 
concluded that they looked, for all practical reasons, as good as a 
contact print made from an 8x10 view camera negative!  They were tack 
sharp, full of detail, with very smooth tones and absolutly no 
digital artifact.  Ive known, intellectually, that digital 
photography might someday have the potential to challenge film based 
photography when it comes to image results, but, quite honestly, I 
had no idea we had come this far this quickly"

This guy has seen a few black and white prints.
No doubt there will be a niche for film based photography in the 
future :>.