A good rule of thumb for regular photography is that the slowest handholding speed is around the reciprocal of the focal length. For macro it may be even faster because of the extremely shallow DOF issue tkamiya mentioned.
Don't forget the compensation either. 2 stops for 1:1 with a 55
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