The trick is not to see directly to sun as it is on the viewer of DSLR.
If focused hot beam of light fall on your macula (The central cup in your retina where all of the important sensors (Nerve cells) for your central vision and cells that determine the HD part of human eye are located), then there is a chance for a permanent damage. Remember after every major solar eclipse, a few people go permanently blind and a lot more will have some transitional damage.
As long as you use a P&S, you can look at any part of viewer as you like. This holds good for your newer DSLR if they have LiveView feature.
Bottom line, we wont be photographers without our eyes...
Take care.
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