Okay, I finally bit the bullet and joined the digital age. As all my 35mm gear is Minolta, I bought the new Konica Minolta Dynax 5D. Great little camera very pleased - I now have image stabilisation for all my old Minolta lenses!

It's basically a slightly stripped down version of the 7D but one of the things they missed out on the new model is a pc sync socket. According to the Minolta website, I can use the Minolta hotshoe adapter (which costs 80 quid from Jessops!).

Does anyone have a scooby whether I can safely use the Jessops hotshoe adapter for minolta Dynax? I notice that the Minolta one uses a battery, presumably for voltage regulation, so I'm a bit wary of sticking the Jessops one on the new camera just in case.