Digital BW, The Print

Six of one, half dozen the other:

Film's visual advantages are counterbalanced by inherent digital 
capture visual advantages. The choice is still financial (especially 
the matter of investment in temporary formats) and a matter of taste, 
and will be for another year or two IMO. 

There will shortly be a lot of used D70s and 20Ds on the market, 
followed by 5Ds, which should finally drive the spike into 35mm.

Optically, most digital lenses are creepy-slow, but this will change 
when the new curved chips are introduced. 

Some photographers are comfortable with the bulk of recent generation 
of professional SLRs and DSLRs and zoom lenses, others aren't. But 
size will drop sharply, and soon.

Some deliver small format architectural photography, others continue 
to with sheet film, if only because their professional status with 
architects allows them to do whatever they want. 22MP will change this.

Several technologies lead to beautiful B&W digital prints. Locally, a 
platinum-palladium printer has started originating beautiful images 
with DSLR and inkjet negs. Many ways to skin this cat.