Don't stare at the sun!

[David Cole]

My mother always told me...

But does it apply to Mini DV cameras too? I recently downloaded some 
software to perform time lapse (the freeware DV TimeLapse... very cool) 
and would like to take some sunset shots. But I'm concerned about 
leaving the camera trained on the setting sun. I know older tube 
cameras would suffer from being aimed at high intensity light sources 
for a period of time, is the same true for chip cameras? Isn't it akin 
to training a magnifying glass on a dry leaf?

-DC