Nikon has a "D-Lighting" that offers to enhance shadows despite bright backgrounds. I have this set to Auto presently but there are a number of levels. I think this was a gift to wedding photographers. I plan to experiment with different D-Lighting levels soon. Other than that I do not know of any on-board tool, other than exposure compensation, for adjusting the right-side limit of exposure. But there are 326 pages in the manual. I may have missed something. Additionally, some features, such as face recognition, present themselves in live mode and not in other modes...I believe.