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Thank you all so much for your advice!

I will look into those flashes, the aperture mode.. the Sigma lens sounds great but a bit above my price range right now :)

Thank you!

Any suggestions on which external flash to buy? I find $40 ones and $80+ ones on Amazon with all kinds of reviews.

Thanks for your suggestions, Dave!

I forgot to mention mine is a Nikon DSLR.

So does the same Sigma lens suggestion hold good for Nikon as well?

I will play around and try to get comfortable with the Aperture mode before my cruise :)

Hi all,

I'm going on my first cruise ever on the Disney Cruise Lines. Kids can't wait to meet the characters. I'm a newbie at using my 50mm f/1.8 lens on the manual mode, so I take soo long to adjust the settings to take each pic. I'm going to be annoying a lot of people waiting in line for the character photos.

I do want to come home with awesome pics. Do I need to get an extra flash? If yes, which one? Is the 50mm a good lens to use inside the ship? I don't want to cut off the character's feet or anything (since I can't zoom out and have to step back quite a bit for the full view). I also have a kit lens 18-135mm that doesn't take as brilliant pics as my 50mm. Any suggestions please??