Please help! I don't know what camera to get.

[Kmiller]

The main thing I would be filming is people (no really fast moving sports), indoor and outdoor, sometimes I could be far away, so zoom is nice just not exactly sure how much I would need. And I don't exactly know the difference between extended and optical but I was thinking to I'd wanna go by optical.

So I mainly want the camera for that but My friends and I also do some action sports so I would probably use the camera for that to every once in awhile but I'm more focused on getting the right camera for like people walking on the boardwalk or like inside a mall. Oh and I am going to be using a wireless mic too.

I think the projector camera would be cool but I'm thinking it would be useless unless your in a dark room or if its dark outside.

Also I am open to any other suggestions!!

Thanks for any advice/help!