I don't have a macro lens so thats my foodie lens. I haven't shot in a long time either. The ISO was high because I was struggling with the depth of field being too shallow unless I cranked the f stop. I could have slowed the shutter down but I was too lazy to get the tripod. I hadn't even installed LightRoom on this computer and its like 3 years old so that tells you how long its been since I really cared about using this camera. I do love it though, I just haven't had time. I looked at that macro lens someone else was using and I wanted one but dropping 800 bones.... :)