[frank]

I did not make point 1. Shooting at noon with the sun in the image is no problem.

I did not make point 2, I said don't stare at the sun with a tele lens. Why a tele lens? The angle of view will be narrow but the aperture will be big, allowing a lot of light to reach your eye.

I did not make point 3, I said slow composition with live view, which will expose your sensor for a long time with the direct sun light. Just to protect the sensor.

 

2 of the above images were taken with bright noon-ish sunlight in spring, no eye/camera were damaged in the making of them...  B)


Thanks thxbb12, it was taken with my 350D.

 

I got those three points from the internet.