Pickup (music technology) — For phonograph pickup, see Magnetic cartridge. For other uses, see Pickup disambiguation page. Three magnetic pickups on a Peavey Raptor with the pickup configuration of a fat strat (H S S). The bridge (right) pickup is a humbucker and the neck… … Wikipedia
Pickup (music) — A pickup device acts as a transducer that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from suitably equipped stringed instruments such as the electric guitar, electric bass guitar or electric violin) and converts them to an electrical signal, which… … Wikipedia
Pickup — Pick up, or Pick up Pick up , n. [Colloq., Cant, or Slang] 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) same as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pickup truck — Pickup Pick up, or Pick up Pick up , n. [Colloq., Cant, or Slang] 1. Act of picking up, as, in various games, the fielding or hitting of a ball just after it strikes the ground. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. That which picks up; specif.: (Elec.) same… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pickup — I. noun Date: 1848 1. one that is picked up: as a. a hitchhiker who is given a ride b. a temporary chance acquaintance c. a player acquired from another team 2. the act or process of picking up: as a. a revival of business activity b.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
pickup — TV [1] A video camera s image sensing element, either CCD (charge coupled device) or MOS (metal oxide semiconductor); converts light to electrical energy. [See CCD] [2] A microphone s sound reception … Audio and video glossary
Digital camera — Digicam redirects here. For the military camouflauge method using micropatterns, see Military camouflage#Digital camouflauge. A digital camera (or digicam) is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images… … Wikipedia
Philo Farnsworth — Infobox Person name = Philo Taylor Farnsworth image size = caption = 1983 United States postage stamp honoring Farnsworth birth name = birth date = birth date|1906|8|19 birth place = Beaver, Utah, USA death date = death date and… … Wikipedia
Four Thirds System — The Four Thirds System is a standard created by Olympus and Kodak for digital single lens reflex camera (DSLR) design and development.cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Kodak and Olympus join forces | date=2001 02 13 |… … Wikipedia
Contax i4R — The Contax i4R is a digital camera manufactured by Kyocera. The i4R was announced on 28 September 2004. Its design was one of the more unusual of Contax s designs. Kyocera released it to the public in November, 2004 with a price of 299 GBP. The… … Wikipedia
Professional video camera — A professional video camera (often called a television camera even though the use has spread) is a high end device for recording electronic moving images (as opposed to a movie camera, that records the images on film). Originally developed for… … Wikipedia
