Pointed my 7D towards the sun and made a shot, could my camera be damaged?

[KirkS]

If it was the flash, I would hear it more frequently, and I never heard it before or after. The camera was on a tripod when it made the noise, and it was a two-stage noise. It sort of sounded like when you press and release the DOF preview on a film camera. I'll fiddle around with it tomorrow, and see if I can come up with anything.

 

[Josh66]

It sort of sounded like when you press and release the DOF preview on a film camera.

Digital cameras have that too... Could you have accidentally hit it?

All I know is, there is no shade inside the camera that pops out when there is strong light. If you heard something, it was something other than that.

edit
If the lens you were using is in fact a mirror lens, it probably has a fixed aperture, so the DOF preview button wouldn't do anything anyway in that case...