I am in camp #2. I understand the thinking behind camp #1, but if your scanner doesn't produce an accurate representation of the card then I don't care if you used factory settings or not. That said, the goal of any tweaks must be to make the scan match the card rather than to make the scan look as sexy as possible even if it misrepresents the card. The temptation to do the latter is what makes option #2 dangerous (combined with people's varying photo editing skills and perceptions of the colors on their cards).
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