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There is no, alas, one carry system to rule them all for me, any more than I can name a (single) favorite food or book. But, depending on application, some contenders rise to the top ...
(1) Best compromise/balance between accessibility and comfort: backpack. Hands down. Especially for landscapes and the more complex macros, where, I always unencumber myself to "work" the camera anyway, so the accessibility compromise is not an issue. For pure photography, half a day or less from camp/hotel/home: LowePro NatureTrekker or MiniTrekker. For long trips: f-stop Satori. For multi-day mixed hiking/photography: ICU's in hiking backpack.
(2) Best no-compromise optimizing BOTH accessibility and comfort when carrying long-ish lenses (BUT at the cost of looking really geeky, which is not a problem in the wilderness, but might be otherwise, and, since you do not look just geeky but might actually be mistake for para-military geeky, it may get you more that funny looks in particularly paranoid areas): Cotton Carrier + photo vest.
(3) Family/friends/casual travel: Sling (Luma Loop? SunSniper) and/or: generally combo shoulder/hip bag (ThinkTank SpeedFreak), but nowadays, the baby stroller seems to be the primary go-to option ...
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