Would I damage the sensor if I took a pic of sun?

[yogeshv]

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My first Leica, the original Q is a joy to use. Coming from RX1R, its more joy to use esp the manual focus implementation. It renders different from the Zeiss 35/2. I love how each lens renders. The Summilux is definitely sharper than the Zeiss.

I was reading about sensor dust and in order to investigate that and also playing around with the manual focus I happened to take a pic of the sun in the frame (even tho that wasnt my intention). Do you think I could have damaged the sensor by taking one shot with sun in the frame wide open?

Here is the pic of the sky at f/16 to check for sensor dust and here is a pic of the sun I took. Also how is the flare performance of the Q when shooting with the sun in the frame? I notice some green reflection midway in the sun shot. 

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[RQ44]

No, you are fine. I would though be very very very careful if you ever decide to photograph in a night club environment where there are lasers. One hit of a laser light directly to your sensor will damage it. I have a few mates who shoot concerts and have lost cameras due to a direct laser hit on the sensor.

Edited May 5 by RQ44