Canon have just announced the 40D…available at a good price.

You can get an 8000 dollar camera like the first guy said with all the bells and whistles and your picture really wont be any better than a 20 year old slr with a decent lens. A camera from 20 years ago does pretty much everything a modern one does. It’s just that modern ones have all these electronics that make them easier to use.
All you really need for a good picture are good composing skills. I have an eos 30 slr camera and many of my pictures come out just as good as many of my friends digital ones. It just takes a while to get it developed.. I don’t know if they still make them but the eos 30 is a good one, it takes all the canon lenses in the range and is basically bulletproof, it will last you a lifetime.

If you don’t care about price then perhaps the canon IDS MARK III or ID MARK III. It depends on how large of a print you are going to make. Since canon needs to make new glasses to take advantage of the IDS MARK III’s 22.1 mp resolution, you may want to get the ID MARK III (10 mp) now if you can’t wait a few months..