Trying SX260 HS and Sony HX30V and having problems with blurred indoor people photos on Canon

Yep!  Tested it and on auto the Canon consistently sets the ISO to 800 w/flash on.  I tried upping the flash output and the lowest the ISO would go was 650.  The only way to get it down to 200 is P mode and manually set ISO.  I also used spot metering.  And the pictures from the Canon STILL look blurry compared to Sony.  Darn darn darn!  If I'm at a party I don't want to have to keep switching modes, settings, etc., as it's a guaranteed way to get poor pictures (at least in my hands).