The cameras are designed to capture evidence at crime scenes.
A trial of the cameras will see 500 distributed to officers across 10 London boroughs. Firearm officers will also use them in their training.
The pilot scheme comes as the force was criticised following the death of Mark Duggan at the hands of armed officers.
Mr Duggan, 29, was shot in Tottenham, north London, in August 2011. His death sparked riots in the area, which later spread across England.
The force said officers taking part in the pilot must comply with guidelines about when cameras are to be used, but that they will not be permanently switched on, and people would be informed if they were being filmed.
The commissioner added: "[We will] only put it on when we know there's a an incident running.
"If the victim wants it to be turned off it will be turned off, but the suspect doesn't have that right."
The debate over the more widespread use of body-worn cameras by British police comes after a jury at the inquest into Mr Duggan's death concluded in January that he had been lawfully killed by Met marksmen - a conclusion which prompted outrage from his family and supporters.
None of the officers involved in the incident in London was wearing body cameras.
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