The best sensors right now capture about 7 or 8 stops of light from brightest bright to darkest dark. With the sun in the sky, you will be way beyond those stops. If I had to lose detail in one of the areas, the sun would be it. I typically would shoot in manual, spot meter so the sun is just out of the frame and balance the meter to +1. Then recompose, the meter will be all over the place, but do a shot and see what it looks like. You might make a slight adjustment. I have had luck also just shooting in Aperture Mode, Matrix or Multisegment metering and setting the overall meter to about -1 or -2. Cheat and check out the LCD screen to see if you need to adjust the exposure compensation any.
