>>3196663Yeah, some things just don't like light at all. A good dedicated flash needs to be used with them, but you never have much time regardless. The faster you can get the shutter speed the better, less ISO, less blurry, etc. There's a balancing point and type-of-use is the tipping point for everyone.
>>3196667>if I have a flash for the macro would handholding be fine?It depends on the flash. Like there's no way I can use the built-in flash on my camera for very close macro. If I use extension tubes with a telephoto lens then the working distance is far enough where the built-in flash will work, though with some telephoto it doesn't because it the minimum working distance is too far away.
>I put my aperture up to f/22, shutter speed of 250, and iso 100. in a room with no lights, and it was still well lit.Actual macro is a whole other world of light. A dedicated macro lens will do a lot better than the setups I use simply because I go beyond 1:1, but regardless you still need tons of light for macro or longer exposures. Some of my exposures can reach 15 seconds easy, but that's also ISO 100 and non-moving things.
