Photokina Dissapointment- over after 2 hours :)

Other than the Sony sensor, what does the E-PL5 and E-PM2 bring to the table? Where is the PDAF, the compact kit zoom, the multi-frame noise reduction & dynamic boost?

These 2 come across as aged cameras, biding time until ... I don't know what.

I also find it strange that none of the new sensor cameras have built-in flash. If the intended audience of these 2 cameras are P&S upgraders (as per the DPR preview), then it has failed.

However, taking the glass half full approach, I am hoping that Olympus used resources that could have added functionality, and instead used it to make existing functionality work better. Such as IBIS that works (instead of the E-PM1 where it sometimes made things worse), face detection that works, more accurate AF even at the expense of speed, etc.

Overall disappointing.