Home made sling carying system for m4/3 camera

Hi everybody!
To start my migration from unforgoten DPR I chose to show my system to carry the camera. I've described it once or twce in different threads on DPR mft talk forum, but without pictures. As image is worth 1000 words, so here You have, as my start contribution to the new site.

im_1 shows the general idea:
- Camera is tethered ( 15 cm / 6" ) by a carbiner to the double part (length regulation loop) of shoulder strap of the bag
- It can be freely rised to the face level without jamming (clipping the carabiner into double section of the strap is crucial here!)
- It's constantly tethered to the user, cannot fall to the ground
- Can be quickly released from the tether to be used on a tripod or handed to another person we ask about doing photo
- Optional wrist strap protects camera while operated non-tethered as above

I invented this DIY solution for my first digital compact and stayed with it for m4/3 gear. Works excellent through all these years.
Will work with any lightweight/small photo gear which m4/3 fortunately is and with most photo bags or even adapted ones (see below).
Note, the bag in the im_1 is not my current bag. Actually never paired with E-M10 II. I used it oryginally with the compact and then shortly with E-PL1, as it was too small.
I show it in this configuration for the reason: to draw Your camera really fast just use bags with a single clip or velcro, forget zip locks.

Currently (im_2) I sacrificed this idea for totaly waterproof setup. I just made some soft dividers/bottom inside this adapted waterproof bag. No longer need to loose time for hiding my camera in a waterproof bag inside my hiking backpack while fording big rivers, extremal rains etc. But for more normal guys common fast opening photo bag would be the best.

im_3 (forgive me selfie quality and I wanted to stay anonymous without head :P ) shows the setup on the user body.
Regards
-J.

Welcome. Glad this solution works for you.
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Also a DIY enthauiastist here. 😊.

As I am outside, couldn't post an image of the latest DIY strap, which serves as weight reduction system, waist strap and normal neck/sling strap. It is made from a 2.5" elastic strap, 4cm Paracord plus 2 quick release knots and a length adjuster.

I had an accident of throwing my camera (which was hung over my neck!) to a river, so I would also use an oval shape carbiner (tither to the camera bag strap similar to yours) whenever needed.

Waist strap could let me hold my camera well secure, neck strap for quick lens swapping, weight reduction to spread over the overall weight on my shoulder/neck... So far can't find any ready product from the market and therefore I DIY for myself.

Looks good to me. I devised something very similar for attaching a Nikon D810 on a tether to a backpack strap for hiking and it worked very well. Much more secure and easier to deploy than an un-tethered camera and fiddling with a Capture Clip.

Almost always I carry my camera in an over-the-shoulder camera case/bag to keep it readily available and protect it from bumps and bangs as well as rain and snow. For most of my lens/camera combinations there's a wide choice of bags available. But for my camera with the Olympus 100-400mm attached it's another story. However, I found one that fits it perfectly: www.amazon.com/S-ZONE-Waterproof-Photographers-Holster-Compatible/dp/B0B2DK7GVY?ref_=ast_sto_dp&th=1 To add camo I uses a camo facemask with the eye hole sewn closed. The bag's flap has a small pocket that holds several spare batteries and a spare SD card.

Reminiscent of a system I use while hiking.

When not in hand the camera, or cameras are carried in PD Capture Clips attached to the shoulder straps of my ruck. I safety the cameras using heavy duty retracting tool tethers designed for drills and such.

The cord allows full motion at arm's length. The retractor is strong enough to significantly brake the downward descent of the camera. The tether has been cut to a length that won’t let the camera hit the ground if a drop goes unchecked.

Apologies for the illustrations using a Fuji camera here in the M43 category. This post caught my eye, and interest, in the Thread view. If anyone is really bothered, I can reshoot the photos substituting any of my three M43 bodies for the X-S10. FWIW, I believe the retractor would hold most of my M43 camera/lens combinations in place — the camera wouldn’t start slipping down towards the ground.

I'm looking for something similar, currently looking at this

www.gearpatrol.com/style/a43643582/uniqlo-round-mini-shoulder-bag/